[tlhIngan Hol] ordering and scope of adverbials relative to timestamps

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On Fri, 8 Feb 2019 at 15:30, SuStel <sustel at trimboli.name> wrote:

> As for the original question, I agree with those who say that the *tlhoS*
> in *tlhoS wa' ben qaSpu' wanI'* incorrectly tries to apply itself to the
> noun phrase *wa' ben.* I like mayqel's solution of *wa' ben HochHom
> qaSpu' wanI':* simple and accurate, though I feel a little uncomfortable
> about having "most of" a particular moment in time. I wonder if one could
> say *wa' HochHom** almost one* as in *wa' HochHom ben qaSpu' wanI'.* I
> wouldn't feel comfortable using that either, but it does seem to follow all
> the rules.
>
> Imprecise time expressions are always a challenge.
>

What about {wa' ben tugh [qaSpu' wanI']} "one year ago it will have
happened soon"? Or is the combination of {wa' ben} with {tugh} weird?

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