[tlhIngan Hol] wa'leS Soj wIqel meaning

[nIqolay Q]

On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 12:26 PM Lieven L. Litaer <levinius at gmx.de> wrote:

> {wa'leS} is in respect to today only


*teHbe'law'.*

In the qep'a' 23 new words list
<https://www.kli.org/activities/qepmey/past-qepamey/qepa-chamah-wejdich/new-words/>,
there's a bit about time travel
<https://www.kli.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Time_Terms.png>, and one of
the examples is

*jIvIbHa'. wejHu' jImev.*
> *I time-travel three days into the past*; literally: "I time-travel to
> the past. I stop three days ago" - that is, I stop three days prior to a
> time referenced in the conversation, not necessarily three days prior to
> making this utterance.
>

Okrand's explanation suggests that the "number + time periods ago/from now"
timestamps have some flexibility regarding what moment they're in reference
to. It seems reasonable that, in the right context, *wa'leS* could be used
to mean "the next day".
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