Re: CHAT: "the future," sci-fi, Quecha (Le Guin)

Jake X nevesht:
>(snip)
>> > Even though English doesn't do this.. "[be]fore" and "aft[er]" (in
>> > front of and
>> > behind) go with "before" and "after" (earlier and later).
>> > Spanish does the same thing:  "antes" means "before" (both 'in front
>> > of' and 'earlier').
>>
>> >     *Muke!
>From this thread I got the idea to use "above" and "below" for time
>sequenses in elanagiuo. Who says time isn't a mountain? I like being
>different. :)
>
In Lisanek, the metaphor is upstream(past)/downstream(future). Upstream vs.
downstream(or upwind/downwind,uphill/downhill,against the current/with the
current/etc.) is a near universal metaphor in this language, it is applied
wherever applicable.



-Wayne Chevrier


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