Re: This day

On 3/22/07, Leon Lin <leon_math@...> wrote:
> If I'm not mistaken, quite a few languages, or at least conlangs, use "this
> day" for "today" (correct me if I'm wrong). How do they deal with situations
> like this:
>
> A: When should we plan the meeting?
> B: How about this day (points at calendar)?
gzb would probably use "ĉĕθâ pŏ", "day that",
rather than "ĉĕθâ kŏ", "day this", in such a
case.  The calendar is here but the day
referred to is not.  Only if you were contrasting
two different non-present days might you use
"kŏ" for one and "pŏ" for the other... more likely
"ĉĕθâ pŏ" and "ĉĕθâ ʝŏ" ("day that" & "day other").

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Jim Henry
http://www.pobox.com/~jimhenry/gzb/gzb.htm