Re: the day before yesterday etc. (was Re: Tenses (...))

Quoting Ray Brown <ray.brown@...>:

> On Tuesday, July 19, 2005, at 12:40 , tomhchappell wrote:
> [snip]
> > Hindi has the same word for yesterday and tomorrow ..."
>
> Yep - it's /k@l/
>
> Also:
> /p@rso~/ = the day before yesterday _or_ the day after tomorrow
> /t@rso~/ = three days ago _or_ three days hence
> /p@rso~/ = four days ago _or_ four days hence
Surely /p@rso~/ don't mean *both* yesteday/tomorrow and four days ago/hence?

                                   Andreas

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