[tlhIngan Hol] time words and deixis

[SuStel]

On 11/29/2017 2:53 PM, mayqel qunenoS wrote:
> {qaStaHvIS yInDaj nungbogh DIS loSDIch'e', tagh noH}
> while the fourth year which preceded his life was happening, the war 
> started

What is the fourth year which preceded his life? Of all the years that 
preceded his life, it was the fourth? What you want is something that 
pinpoints the start of the four-year period before he was born. You 
might make that into Klingon, but it's getting really awkward and 
nonspecific.

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