[tlhIngan Hol] To indicate many millenia ago

[mayqel qunenoS]

Andre Muller:
> I might also accept {ben law'} as many years
> ago, although I'm not sure it works well.

I remember voragh once writing: {ben law'qu'} has been used many times on
this list to indicate "once upon a time".

Now, as far as the three possible choices I wrote are concerned, I think
that they are all valid with the meaning only slightly changing from one to
the other:

{SaD DIS ret law'} = many (thousands of years ago)

{SaD DIS law' ret} = (many thousands of years) ago

{SaD law' DIS ret} = (many thousands) of years ago

If the above analysis is correct, then perhaps this all comes down to
personal preference.

qunnoH jan puqloD
ghoghwIj HablI'vo' vIngeHta'

On 6 Dec 2016 6:32 pm, "André Müller" <esperantist at gmail.com> wrote:

> Don't forget that "years ago" is {ben}, so you can either say:
> 1) {SaD DIS law' ret} = many millennia ago, or
> 2) {SaD law' ben} = many thousand years ago.
> And these essentially mean the same.
>
> I might also accept {ben law'} as many years ago, although I'm not sure it
> works well.
>
> - André
>
> 2016-12-06 16:01 GMT+01:00 mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun at gmail.com>:
>
>> In order to indicate "many millenia ago", which is the correct choice ?
>>
>> {SaD DIS ret law'}, {SaD DIS law' ret} or {SaD law' DIS ret} ?
>>
>> qunnoH jan puqloD
>> ghoghwIj HablI'vo' vIngeHta'
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