--- froge sionk William Annis...
> 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.
>
i just have a verb (evwen) that means "to spend/use/pass time"...
...nicole
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