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From: Don Wiggins <dwiggins@BFSEC.BT.CO.UK>
Subject:      Re: PLI: length vs longness
To: Veijo Vilva <veion@XIRON.PC.HELSINKI.FI>
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la xorxes. di'e cusku

>        do xabju ti ze'a ma

.i di'u tcexau .i mi danfu lu le mu purlamnanca li'u .i.iepei

>        do stali ze'a ma

.i mi danfu lu le re bavlamnanca li'u

If I add tense markers to these bridi:

    .i ze'a ma do puvi xabju
    How long >did< you live here?

    .i ze'a ma do ba stali
    How long >are you going to be< staying?

that is the action is not tied to the present.

co'omi'e dn.