Re: The cost of time
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, February 11, 2002, 2:35 |
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William Annis wrote:
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> 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."
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> 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.
In Uatakassi, one would say "I was reading thru/during much of the day",
using the same case for "day" as would be used in a sentence like "There
are many stores along that road" or "there are many potholes in that
road" (specifically perlative, motion thru or inside an object or
2-dimensional area), time being viewed metaphorically as a road.
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