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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/8/2019 9:47 AM, De'vID wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 8 Feb 2019 at 15:30,
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<div class="gmail-m_-4869491911497677777moz-cite-prefix">As
for the original question, I agree with those who say that
the <b>tlhoS</b> in <b>tlhoS wa' ben qaSpu' wanI'</b>
incorrectly tries to apply itself to the noun phrase <b>wa'
ben.</b> I like mayqel's solution of <b>wa' ben HochHom
qaSpu' wanI':</b> simple and accurate, though I feel a
little uncomfortable about having "most of" a particular
moment in time. I wonder if one could say <b>wa' HochHom</b><i>
almost one</i> as in <b>wa' HochHom ben qaSpu' wanI'.</b>
I wouldn't feel comfortable using that either, but it does
seem to follow all the rules.<br>
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<p>Imprecise time expressions are always a challenge.<br>
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What about {wa' ben tugh [qaSpu' wanI']} "one year ago it will
have happened soon"? Or is the combination of {wa' ben} with
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<p>I think it's weird. We've had the discussion of using these
relative time expressions before, though I don't think we have an
official answer. Can you make the <b>tugh</b> apply to a
specified point in time instead of the current time? Dunno.<br>
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