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Re: [engelang] Xorban experimental tense markers



Am 15.10.2012 03:09, schrieb Mike S.:
ji'a F1 F2
=> la fa F1 le fe F2 cbneka
"The event(A) in which F1 is such that the event(E) in which F2 is such
that E is concurrent with A."
"During F1, F2."

ji'i F1 F2
=> la fa F1 le fe F2 prceka
"The event(A) in which F1 is such that the event(E) in which F2 is such
that E is earlier than A."
"Before F1, F2."

ji'u F1 F2
=> la fa F1 le fe F2 blveka
"The event(A) in which F1 is such that the event(E) in which F2 is such
that E is later than A."
"After F1, F2."

Right, you need to invent some sort of shortcut or else it won't be feasible:

"When I first saw her at the library of my university, I was scared to talk to her and secretly slipped a little note into her bag"

If you used cbn- for that, it would come way too late; it would be the last word. I guess those ji'V work.

co q selpahi qa'a
--
pilno zo le xu .i lo dei bangu cu se cmene zo lojbo .e nai zo lejbo

doị mèlbi mlenì'u
   .i do càtlu ki'u
ma fe la xàmpre ŭu
   .i do tìnsa càrmi
gi'e sìrji se tàrmi
   .i taị bo pu cìtka lo gràna ku


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