Re: Once upon a time

On Monday 23 July 2001 10:22, Dan Seriff wrote to me privately:
> Sylvia Sotomayor wrote:
> > On Monday 23 July 2001 09:05, James Campbell wrote:
> > > A correspondent recently asked me how one would write 'Once
> > > upon a time...' in Jameld; as yet, I haven't settled on a
> > > suitable idiom.
> > >
> > > Are there equivalent expressions in your conlangs (or natlangs,
> > > e.g. Norwegian «Det var en gang» ['there was a time'])?
> > >
> > > Jamets the curious
> >
> > Kélen has the aspect marker 'iélte' which marks narrative past,
> > and is usally only used once at the very beginning of the
> > narrative. I usually translate it as 'once upon a time'.
>
> Ooo, I like this idea, especially appearing only once at the
> beginning! Mind if I nick it?
Go right ahead.
BTW, I replied to your email and it bounced, which is why I am
replying to the list.

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Sylvia Sotomayor
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