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All added to the CWS dictionary!xuy (adposition) 'while, during, when, on, in'
lepi (adposition) 'within, by'
tir (verb) 'after'
hyo (verb) 'before'
cux (verb) 'at the end of'
dax (verb) 'at the beginning of'
pey (verb) 'through'
ľey (adjective) 'every'
kèxtex 'now'
tir kèx 'after (now), later'
hyo kèx 'before (now), previously'
ùmuy kèx 'right now'
lepi kèx 'soon'
dax kèx 'by now'
ŋè ne řor řor 'then, another time'
hàřore ñwèy 'any time'
řoľey 'always'
řor řor 'for a long time, a lot of time'
kwonihyòmpa 'often'
řor ñwey, řoñwèy 'sometimes'
řor ñeŋ, řoñèŋ 'occasionally, once in a while'
dřà 'seldom'
tì řoľey 'never'
Note: the (x) means that x is optional but not allowed when using the expression as a noun.
Times of day
deľ ŋuľ 'early morning, sunrise'
(xuy) tirru 'morning'
(xuy) kwohaò 'noon, midday'
tir kwohaò 'afternoon'
(xuy) hyou 'evening, sunset'
(xuy) oxtè 'night'
Days
ŋyuľ, ŋuľ 'day'
(xuy) xòe-ni 'today'
(xuy) ŋyuľaàp-ni 'tomorrow'
(xuy) pitràam-ni 'yesterday'
(xuy) ŋuľ tir ŋyuľaàp-ni 'day after tomorrow'
(xuy) ŋuľ hyo pitràam-ni 'day before yesterday'
Months
ľum 'month'
(xuy) ľum ti xòe-ni 'this month'
(xuy) ľum ti ŋyuľaàp-ni 'next month'
(xuy) ľum ti pitràam-ni 'last month'
(xuy) ľum tir ŋyuľaàp-ni 'month after next'
(xuy) ľum hyo pitràam-ni 'month before last'
These are treated differently because they don't usually take the preposition xuy.
Seasons
kyàhtey-ni/kyàhtey-co 'season(s)' (note: there are only two seasons, hence 11-class for the plural)
ñeŋna '(during) winter, cold/dry season' (not actually cold by temperate standards)
ľakna '(during) summer, hot/wet season'
Years
kyèey 'year'
ñañòe-ni 'this year'
kyèeyap-ni 'next year'
kyèeyò-ni 'last year'
kyèey tir kyèeyap-ni 'year after next'
kyèey hyo kyèeyò-ni 'year before last'
řyàn 'when (general)'
ni řor řor 'how long'
řodřà 'how often'
řyàndřà 'when ever?' (note: can be used rhetorically, like 'when does he ever say something nice?')
lepi ŋuľ àn 'by which day, at what point during the day'
(xuy) ŋuľ àn '(on) which day'
(xuy) ľum àn '(on) which month'
kyàhtey-co àn '(during) which season'
kyèey àn '(in) which year'
xuy ľi-ò àn 'when which generation was young' ✎ Edit Article ✖ Delete Article
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