Andre Muller:
I might also accept {ben law'} as many years ago, although I'm not sure it works well.
I remember voragh once writing: {ben law'qu'} has been used many times on this list to indicate "once upon a time". Now, as far as the three possible choices I wrote are concerned, I think that they are all valid with the meaning only slightly changing from one to the other: {SaD DIS ret law'} = many (thousands of years ago) {SaD DIS law' ret} = (many thousands of years) ago {SaD law' DIS ret} = (many thousands) of years ago If the above analysis is correct, then perhaps this all comes down to personal preference. qunnoH jan puqloD ghoghwIj HablI'vo' vIngeHta' On 6 Dec 2016 6:32 pm, "André Müller" <esperantist@gmail.com> wrote:
Don't forget that "years ago" is {ben}, so you can either say: 1) {SaD DIS law' ret} = many millennia ago, or 2) {SaD law' ben} = many thousand years ago. And these essentially mean the same.
I might also accept {ben law'} as many years ago, although I'm not sure it works well.
- André
2016-12-06 16:01 GMT+01:00 mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun@gmail.com>:
In order to indicate "many millenia ago", which is the correct choice ?
{SaD DIS ret law'}, {SaD DIS law' ret} or {SaD law' DIS ret} ?
qunnoH jan puqloD ghoghwIj HablI'vo' vIngeHta'
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