Re: [engelang] Xorban experimental tense markers

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