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On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 3:02 PM, Mike S. <maikxlx@gmail.com> wrote: > > I was thinking of defining these in terms of situations, which are already > built into the language and have the support of relative consensus. > Skipping the "near/far" versions and adding the "always" versions, the > standard tense-logic operators P, F, H, & G are: > > (P)Q = hiki Q: > = in the past / earlier / it was the case that Q > = so li dscrsfsni prcoki fo Q > = na hika'i na Q > > (F)Q = hiku Q: > = in the future / later / it will be the case that Q > = so li dscrsfsni blvoki fo Q > = na hika'u na Q > > (H)Q = hika'i Q: > = all times before now / it was always the case that Q > = ro li dscrsfsni prcoki fo Q > = na hiki na Q > > (G)Q = hika'u Q: > = all times after now / it will always be the case that Q > = ro li dscrsfsni blvoki fo Q > = na hiku na Q > > The present tense can be expressed as: > > (N)Q = hika Q: > = currently / now / it is now the case that Q" > = lo lu dscrsfsnu cbnoku fo Q In addition to P, F, H, G, which we might call the s-past, s-future, r-past and r-future, there are the simpler, less nuanced, l-past and l-future with a singularized view of a single past time and a single future time. co ma'a xrxe