Re: USAGE: How to say This Week?

On Wed, 11 Jun 2003 11:20:29 +0200 Dan Sulani <dnsulani@...>
writes:
>     (FWIW, the misunderstanding came about because
> although we were both speaking English, my daughter
> was probably thinking in Hebrew. This matters because
> in English, "this week" refers to the current week.
> But in Hebrew, "this week"  refers to the week _following_
> the current week! [ the current week is referred to as
> "the week" --- |ha-Savua|  ]  )
> How do you all handle this in your conlangs?
> Dan Sulani
_

So |hashavua` hazeh| means "next week"?  Or is it |hashavu`a hazot|?  I
can never remember that correctly... but then what's the difference
between (assuming it's |zakhar|) saying |hazeh| and |haba|?

Conlang-wise, Rokbeigalmki uses suffixes that apply to most time words in
one way or another:
(no word for 'week')
mefsat = month
 < mefihs 'moon' + t (time marker)

mefsaz = this month
 < + dhaz 'this'

mefsatelb = next month (the one after the one we're in now)
 < + elyeb 'come'

mefsatratz = last month (the one before the one we're in now)
 < + dratz 'pass'

mefsu = some other month
 < + dhu 'that'


-Stephen (Steg)
 "in speaking, you re-create the world"
     ~ prof. doug glick

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