[tlhIngan Hol] Maus-words: News from Okrand

[Iikka Hauhio]

De'vID:

> What's the difference between "tomorrow I do something", "as soon as tomorrow happens I do something", and "while tomorrow happens I do something"? Replace "tomorrow" with "[in] the future".

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There's a huge practical difference between "tomorrow" and "the future as a whole".

First of all, we don't know how Klingons define "the future". Does it start immediately, or does "the present" continue for a while and only after that the future begins? Can there be multiple different futures? Is it relative/deitic? Can I talk about the near future and the far future? Which of these possible interpretations does tuch by itself mean without further context? It's possible that even Klingons don't know (if the concept is fuzzy enough).

Tomorrow is a well defined time-span, so the different ways to use it in sentences have a clear meaning. Future is not well defined (at least for us). I think Dana'an's questions are important, but impossible to answer with our current knowledge.

Iikka "fergusq" Hauhio
------- Original Message -------
On Monday, June 6th, 2022 at 23.36, De'vID <de.vid.jonpin at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 6 Jun 2022 at 12:33, D qunen'oS <mihkoun at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> De'vID:
>>> other contexts may call for
>>> {qaStaHvIS tuch} or {tuch} as a time stamp
>>
>> Although I followed the relevant discussion at Discord, I still don't understand when {tuch} on its' own should be used as a timestamp, instead of {qaSDI' tuch} and {qaStaHvIS tuch}.
>
> In general, when would you use a time element, {qaSDI'}, or {qaStaHvIS}? {tuch} is not special, in that regard.
>
> What's the difference between "tomorrow I do something", "as soon as tomorrow happens I do something", and "while tomorrow happens I do something"? Replace "tomorrow" with "[in] the future".
>
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> De'vID
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