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

Quoting Roger Mills <rfmilly@...>:

> Ray Brown wrote (in an excellent post with which I agree wholeheartedly):
>
> > BTW How do Conlangs handle 'ago'?
> >
> Aha! I was waiting for that.....
> But first, a few natlangs of my acquaintance:
>
> INDONESIAN uses (always, AFAIK) a relative clause:
> NUM menit/jam/hari/minggu/bulan/tahun/dll. _yang lalu_
> NUM min./hr./day/week/month/year/etc. _REL past ~gone by
>
> FRENCH: il y a NUM + time expression.  That's always seemed very strange to
> me :-))  Is there some other way?
>
> ITALIAN IIRC, like Spanish, uses the 3s of 'to do/make' (fare), e.g. due
> anni fa 'two years ago' (I'm not sure about "fa due anni")
>
> OK: Kash: uses the verb _cosa_ 'to go' in modifying position:
> ro pehan cosa, lit. two year gone. No other possibilities, but maybe in very
> formal speech/writing one might say--
> ro pehan re mende cosa 'two years that have gone(by)'.
>
> When we get around to figuring out GWR, this thread has given me the idea to
> do something evil....
I think you should use an imposition. :)

                                                Andreas