Verse:Mwail/Old Gloob: Difference between revisions
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====Time clauses==== | ====Time clauses==== | ||
Time clauses are constructed with a preposition and the first infinitive with the possessor as subject. | Time clauses are constructed with a preposition and the first infinitive with the possessor as subject. | ||
:'''''āl | :'''''āl lēvasýn''' (lit. with my running)'' | ||
:''while I run/was running (imperfective)'' | :''while I run/was running (imperfective)'' | ||
:'''''dí | :'''''dí ta̋mrysi ātmán''' (lit. at my mother's being-born)'' | ||
:''when my mother was born (perfective)'' | :''when my mother was born (perfective)'' | ||
:'''''qal | :'''''qal riessví''''' (lit. before your coming)'' | ||
:''before you came/come'' | :''before you came/come'' | ||
:'''''zom ħǒcasi mirchâ ie umrēsí''''' (lit. between the sun's rising and its setting)'' | :'''''zom ħǒcasi mirchâ ie umrēsí''''' (lit. between the sun's rising and its setting)'' | ||