Re: This day

On 3/22/07, Lars Finsen <lars.finsen@...> wrote:
> Den 22. mar. 2007 kl. 21.34 skrev Leon Lin:
> >
> > If I'm not mistaken, quite a few languages, or at least conlangs,
> > use "this
> > day" for "today" (correct me if I'm wrong).
>
> Both my conlangs use an instrumental of "day" to express this, just
> like other time specifications.
In Okaikiar, the (temporal mode) locative of "day" would just mean "on
a/the day", with no special reference to the *current* day.  The idea
of "today" is expressed by a phrase that literally means "now's day"
(where "now" is the noun rather than the adverb).  I would include the
translations but I don't have my lexicon handy...


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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>