Re: Suggestions?

[jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU]

la kris cusku di'e

> 1) How do you say "seven years ago"?

I like {puza lei ze nanca}.

(Or puzi, or puzu, depending whether seven years is a short time or a long
one in the context.)

As you say, {pu lei ze nanca} takes seven years as a reference, and sends
you to the past of that, the seven years are not taken as a length of time,
but as a starting point.

On the other hand, the complement of {puza} is a specification of the
length {za}. {pu} sends you a length {za} towards the past, starting
from the here and now.

Jorge