Re: time distinctions
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, August 24, 2000, 4:13 |
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Yoon Ha Lee wrote:
> past
> present
> future
Some languages make more than 3 distinctions, for instance, one Bantu
(?) language I read about has:
Distant Past (more than 2 days ago)
Remote Past (day before yesterday)
Past (yesterday)
Near Past (earlier today)
Near Future (later today)
Future (tomorrow)
Remote Future (day after tomorrow)
Distant Future (more than 2 days later)
I'm not sure of the terminology.
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