[tlhIngan Hol] wa'logh as a timestamp

[mayqel qunenoS]

I see.. However, I need to ask; has {wa'logh} ever been used in the sense
of "Once we were brothers" ?

qunnoq

On Aug 24, 2017 6:05 PM, "nIqolay Q" <niqolay0 at gmail.com> wrote:

> You're conflating two meanings of the English word "once": "happening one
> time" and "at some time in the past". (The two meanings are probably
> related etymologically, but they're distinct now.)
>
> {wa'logh loDnI' maH} would mean "We are brothers one time; there is one
> occurrence of us being brothers".
>
> You want something that suggests the past more explicitly like:
> {'op ben loDnI' maH} "Some years ago, we were brothers."
> {'op ret loDnI' maH} "Some unspecified amount of time ago, we were
> brothers." ({'op ret} might be controversial.)
> {loDnI' maHpu'} "We have been brothers; we have completed being brothers."
> {loDnI' maH rIntaH} "We are finished being brothers."
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 10:51 AM, mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Is it possible to use {wa'logh} as a timestamp, in the following way ?:
>>
>> {wa'logh, loDnI' maH}
>> Once, we were brothers.
>>
>> qunnoq
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