Re: lo lunra selgusni ninmu

[John Cowan <cowan@ccil.org>]

SwiftRain wrote:

> i see.  but what does it mean to say that a single event is both puzu
> and bazu?  does that mean that it stretches from far past to far future
> -- does "puzuku bazuku broda" assert that "caku broda"?

No.  puzuku bazuku means the same as puzubazuku, because the first
tense sets an offset reference for the second tense.  So it means
an event far in the future of some event far in the past; whether
before, after, or just at the present is quite indeterminate.
It does *not* refer to a long interval; the length of the interval
is also completely indeterminate.  A long interval centered
on the present would be ze'uca.
 
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