tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Sep 28 14:10:58 1997
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A time question
- From: Terrence Donnelly <[email protected]>
- Subject: A time question
- Date: Sun, 28 Sep 1997 15:03:55 -0500
I've been thinking about the ubiquitous {qaStaHvIS}.
We know that simple time stamps give the adverb (noun?) of time at the
beginning of the phrase, without any marking, eg. {DaHjaj ram qagh vISop}.
'Tonight I will eat ghagh.'; {benmey law' maqIHchuq} 'We met many years ago.'
To express _duration_, we've always used phrases with {qaStaHvIS}, like
{qaStaHvIS poH nI' qagh vISopbe'} 'I haven't eaten ghagh for a long time.'
Recently qoror suggested the phrase {nI'taHvIS poH} for {qaStaHvIS poH nI'},
which I liked a lot and immediately started using myself. My question is,
could this formula be extended? How about
{puStaHvIS tup} for a few minutes
{law'taHvIS jaj} for many days
{nI'ta'DI' poH} after a long time
{law'ta'DI' DIS} after many years
{law'pa' tup} before many minutes had passed,
and so forth. Any comments?
-- ter'eS
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