Meaning of posthodiernal | Babel Free

Definitions

Relating to future time later than today.

not-comparable

Examples

“As an example of a language which has an opposition between hodiernal and posthodiernal future, where the hodiernal future is distinct from the present tense(s), we may mention Aghem (Bantu, Hyman 1979).”

“Posthodiernal na- does not appear in my narrative corpus outside of the quoted speech of characters.”

“Hodiernal future tense: I will love her sometime today. Posthodiernal conditional perfect tense: I would have loved her sometime after today. Hesternal past tense: I loved her early today. Prehesternal past tense: I loved her earlier today.”

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