[tlhIngan Hol] time words and deixis

[mayqel qunenoS]

{qaStaHvIS yInDaj nungbogh DIS loSDIch'e', tagh noH}
while the fourth year which preceded his life was happening, the war started

~ nI'ghma

On Nov 29, 2017 21:30, "SuStel" <sustel at trimboli.name> wrote:

> On 11/29/2017 1:22 PM, mayqel qunenoS wrote:
>
> I'm not quite sure I understand the subject.
>
> But if indeed I understand what we are trying to say, then why not use:
>
> {loS maH ben jIbogh. ngugh..}
> forty years ago I was born. then..
>
> or
>
> {loS maH ben jIbogh. qaSpa' wanI'vam..}
> forty years ago I was born. before that event (i.e. my birth) happened..
>
> The question is, how would you describe an event at a time a known period
> before or after an event whose time was NOT known?
>
> How would you describe *ten years before he was born* if you don't know
> when he was born, but you do know the event happened ten years before that?
>
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