Re: THEORY ago (was: Most common irregular verbs?)

Hi!

R A Brown wrote:
> BTW How do Conlangs handle 'ago'?
Da Mätz se Basa is aposteriori (derived mainly from Modern High German),
and this is quite unsurprising: it uses the preposition meaning 'before':

   Firni        wo  Monat was ich äna    Kota höma.
   for-ni                         in-da
   before-some  two month was i   in-the city EMPH.
   'Two month ago I was in the city.'

The language tends to use emphatic complement particles just a bit too
often...

Tyl Sjok uses a temporal verb _hw_ 'to happen at _' plus _jo_ 'I;
here; now' and _sin_ 'start; before':

   Jo kju   oke    hw        jo hing sin.
   I  go-to garden happen-at I  long before.
   'I went to the garden long ago.'

My other grammars do not yet specify how to translate 'ago'.

**Henrik

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