Re: The Bitha overview
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, October 2, 1999, 3:36 |
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Larry Schelin wrote:
> ngidu mi baidi dish itsiratsah
> She's going home in an hour (or less)
Ah, so the ones that you called "hour ago" is "hour or less ago"? Makes
sense.
> Bima-(noun-minute) -ghah (plural suffix-5 or more) ghengah (number- 15) vith
> (tense marker-past) ju (pronoun) mi (tense marker, present) ghengah (verb-throw)
> isha-(noun-ball) -dzi(prepositional suffix, at) bith (tense marker, 1 minute ago)
> zija (noun-dog)
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> 15 min ago I threw the ball at the dog.
I don't understand why you have _bith_ there?
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