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tenses vs. time-stamps (was Re: leSpoH'a' wa'mah Soch)



r'Hul wrote:
> I knew about the lack of tenses.  But since I wanted to say that something
> was happening before an event in the future, I couldn't just state a date.

However, you could have stated a date AND said that that the "something" was
happening before that date.  There's a legitimate way to do that in Klingon.

> It's the weekend before the qep'a', July 7,8 & 9.

qaSpa' qep'a' qaS leSpoH'a' wa'maH Soch.

qaStaHvIS jar SochDIch jaj SochDIch jaj chorghDIch je jaj HutDIch je qaS 'oH.

-- ghunchu'wI'



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