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Continuous time is expressed with accusative singular in most cases, as there usually is a cardinal number, e.g. ''fūlmāmei tetacunīyu yųlauça'' — I ate for sixty (50<sub>12</sub>) tetacunīye. The main exception is where there's no specific time quantity, e.g. ''garaṇānu yųlauça'' — I ate for hours. | Continuous time is expressed with accusative singular in most cases, as there usually is a cardinal number, e.g. ''fūlmāmei tetacunīyu yųlauça'' — I ate for sixty (50<sub>12</sub>) tetacunīye. The main exception is where there's no specific time quantity, e.g. ''garaṇānu yųlauça'' — I ate for hours. | ||
Punctual time uses the locative case where the intended meaning is "in a given moment", e.g. ''4V<ref>V stands for ''vyāṣāmaha'', the Chlouvānem term for “era”. When expressed in English, these dates bear the normal E of “era”.</ref> | Punctual time uses the locative case where the intended meaning is "in a given moment", e.g. ''4V<ref>V stands for ''vyāṣāmaha'', the Chlouvānem term for “era”. When expressed in English, these dates bear the normal E of “era”.</ref> Ɛ0-e Galiākine mitь'' — (s)he/it was in Galiākina in 4E Ɛ0 (132<sub>10</sub>). The locative form is thus used for: | ||
* years — ''4V | * years — ''4V Ɛ1-e'' (in 4E Ɛ1 (133<sub>10</sub>)) | ||
* solar and lunar months — ''Māltapārṇāvye'', ... | * solar and lunar months — ''Māltapārṇāvye'', ... | ||
* lānimpeʔilai — ''Chlærlīltāvye / Līleñchlæriāvye'' | * lānimpeʔilai — ''Chlærlīltāvye / Līleñchlæriāvye'' | ||
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When using the g:yy format, numbers are commonly read as they are written, except for 90, which is the half hour. Examples (note that, as it often happens in Chlouvānem, ''væl'' can be omitted): | When using the g:yy format, numbers are commonly read as they are written, except for 90, which is the half hour. Examples (note that, as it often happens in Chlouvānem, ''væl'' can be omitted): | ||
* ''L 1:10 — leil māmei lalei væl'' (it's one and twelve of the night) | * ''L 1:10 — leil māmei lalei væl'' (it's one and twelve of the night) | ||
* ''L 1: | * ''L 1:Ɛ0 — leil māmimīram lalei væl'' (it's one and 132 of the night) | ||
* ''L 1:90'' — either ''leil daniāmita no lalei væl'' (it's half and one of the night) or ''leili daniāmita lalei væl'' (it’s half one of the night). | * ''L 1:90'' — either ''leil daniāmita no lalei væl'' (it's half and one of the night) or ''leili daniāmita lalei væl'' (it’s half one of the night). | ||
In this last case, the reading “''leil mojemāmei lalei væl''" is possible, but very rare (usually in formal communications only). | In this last case, the reading “''leil mojemāmei lalei væl''" is possible, but very rare (usually in formal communications only). | ||
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However, the g:yy format is rarely used colloquially, as the spoken form always tells tetacuṃlāṇai and always tells how much time remains until the next hour (or tetacuṃlāṇa): | However, the g:yy format is rarely used colloquially, as the spoken form always tells tetacuṃlāṇai and always tells how much time remains until the next hour (or tetacuṃlāṇa): | ||
* ''L 1.1:00 (L 1:10)'' — ''vælden daniui lalei væl'' (it's eleven [tetacuṃlāṇai] to two of the night) | * ''L 1.1:00 (L 1:10)'' — ''vælden daniui lalei væl'' (it's eleven [tetacuṃlāṇai] to two of the night) | ||
* ''L 1. | * ''L 1.Ɛ:00 (L 1:148)'' — ''leil daniui lalei væl'' (it's one to two of the night) | ||
If tetacuṃlāṇai are not complete, then there are two possible forms: one used in one of the first eight tetacunīye that says "it's the Xth tetacuṃlāṇa with Y tetacunīye”, and another one used in the latter eight that uses "it's X tetacunīye to the Yth tetacuṃlāṇa”: | If tetacuṃlāṇai are not complete, then there are two possible forms: one used in one of the first eight tetacunīye that says "it's the Xth tetacuṃlāṇa with Y tetacunīye”, and another one used in the latter eight that uses "it's X tetacunīye to the Yth tetacuṃlāṇa”: | ||
* ''L 1.2:4 (L 1:34)'' — ''hælinaikah yårṣen lapi leili lalei væl'' (it's the second [tetacuṃlāṇa] with four [tetacunīye] of one of the night) | * ''L 1.2:4 (L 1:34)'' — ''hælinaikah yårṣen lapi leili lalei væl'' (it's the second [tetacuṃlāṇa] with four [tetacunīye] of one of the night) | ||