On 2/8/2019 9:47 AM, De'vID wrote:
On Fri, 8 Feb 2019 at 15:30, SuStel <sustel@trimboli.name <mailto:sustel@trimboli.name>> wrote:
As for the original question, I agree with those who say that the *tlhoS* in *tlhoS wa' ben qaSpu' wanI'* incorrectly tries to apply itself to the noun phrase *wa' ben.* I like mayqel's solution of *wa' ben HochHom qaSpu' wanI':* simple and accurate, though I feel a little uncomfortable about having "most of" a particular moment in time. I wonder if one could say *wa' HochHom*/almost one/ as in *wa' HochHom ben qaSpu' wanI'.* I wouldn't feel comfortable using that either, but it does seem to follow all the rules.
Imprecise time expressions are always a challenge.
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?
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 *tugh* apply to a specified point in time instead of the current time? Dunno. -- SuStel http://trimboli.name