On 3/3/2020 10:10 AM, mayqel qunen'oS wrote:
jIH:
Do we use {bam} when we will face something unpleasant in the future SuStel: You might say noH wIbam. ngay' vIchav! > We face a war. I will achieve glory!
In this example that you wrote, do you mean it as "we face a war (which hasn't started yet)" or "we face a war (which has already started)" ?
I'm wondering whether we could use {bam} not only for something which will happen in future, but also for something which has already begun.
*bam* is /have the prospect of having to deal with./ It's just a prospect. You're not already dealing with it. If you say *noH bam,* you're not saying whether the war has already begun or not. If a war has already begun, you might be faced with the prospect of fighting in it (but you haven't already joined in). If a war has not yet begun but looms, you might be faced with the prospect of fighting when it starts. -- SuStel http://trimboli.name