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

SuStel sustel at trimboli.name
Fri Feb 8 06:49:34 PST 2019


On 2/8/2019 9:43 AM, Lieven L. Litaer wrote:
> I think HochHom is the closest thing we have so far, and the canon 
> examply might even be quite clear and maybe even more useful than we 
> thought:
>
> "most of the 23rd century"
> {vatlh DIS poH 23 HochHom}
> SkyBox #15
>
> Although I'm not sure if that can be applied to a not-fixed time period. 

The difference here is that a *vatlh DIS poH* is a time period, whereas 
*wa' ben* is a point in time, not a period. *wa' ben* might refer to a 
whole year if you're pointing to it in a vague way, but it still 
represents a point where each year is just one point. I'm not sure it 
makes sense to say /most of a point in time./

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SuStel
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