Re: The cost of time

 William Annis <annis@...> writes:

> In English one "spends" time.  Sometimes you pass time.
>
> It just occured to me I have no way in Vaior to say "I spent much of
> today reading."
>
> How do other languages handle this idea?  I'm thinking mostly about
> natlangs, but conlangs that have avoided the monetary associations
> would be interesting to me, too.

French
Aujourd'hui j'ai passe/ beaucoup de temps a lire.

i think....Christophe?

Elliott

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