<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 8 Feb 2019 at 15:30, SuStel <<a href="mailto:sustel@trimboli.name">sustel@trimboli.name</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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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></div>
<p>Imprecise time expressions are always a challenge.<br>
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</div></blockquote></div><div><br></div>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? <br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature">De'vID</div></div>