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Continuous time is expressed with accusative singular in most cases, as there usually is a cardinal number, e.g. ''šulkmāmei tetacunīyu yųlauça'' — I ate for sixty (50<sub>12</sub>) tetacuneyai. The main exception is where there's no specific time quantity, e.g. ''garaṇānu yųlaute'' — I ate for hours. | Continuous time is expressed with accusative singular in most cases, as there usually is a cardinal number, e.g. ''šulkmāmei tetacunīyu yųlauça'' — I ate for sixty (50<sub>12</sub>) tetacuneyai. The main exception is where there's no specific time quantity, e.g. ''garaṇānu yųlaute'' — 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> Ɛ0-e | 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 ė'' — (s)he/it was in Galiākina in 4E Ɛ0 (132<sub>10</sub>). The locative form is thus used for: | ||
* years — ''4V Ɛ1-e'' (in 4E Ɛ1 (133<sub>10</sub>)) | * years — ''4V Ɛ1-e'' (in 4E Ɛ1 (133<sub>10</sub>)) | ||
* solar and lunar months — '' | * solar and lunar months — ''māltapārṇāvye'', ''tāriāṣṭrye'' | ||
* lānimpeʔilai — '' | * lānimpeʔilai — ''chlærlīltāvye / līleñchlæriāvye'' | ||
* days — ''9-e | * days — ''9-e brausāseni'' (on the 9th of Brausāsena) | ||
* festivities <small>(see [[Verse:Chlouvānem_Inquisition#Holidays|Chlouvānem Inquisition § Holidays]] for a list of them)</small> — ''bhaivyāvāṣare'' (during Bhaivyāvāṣara) | * festivities <small>(see [[Verse:Chlouvānem_Inquisition#Holidays|Chlouvānem Inquisition § Holidays]] for a list of them)</small> — ''bhaivyāvāṣare'' (during Bhaivyāvāṣara) | ||
* hours — ''3-e bembyė'' (at 3 in the afternoon) | * hours — ''3-e bembyė'' (at 3 in the afternoon) | ||