This past morning of the same day.
Limmomlom ad abiggat at agguya' ni'yuy ad Umbūlu ti mi'id iddung'u.
It rained finely and extensively this past morning and so I didn't join in going to Cambulo because I had nothing to use as a (rain) shelter.
As part of a sentence introducer or as a comment, ad abiggat is optionally preceded either by hay 1 or hi1 4b. As part of a time margin of a sentence, this time noun is optionally preceded by hi1 4b.
Time Nouns With Preceding Time Determiners
| Determiner |
Time Noun |
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| hi11 |
ad uwāni |
‘this present time’ |
| hay2, hi11 |
ad abiggat |
‘this past morning’ |
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ad a''u |
‘last night’ |
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ad tawōnad |
‘last year’ |
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ad ugāban |
‘yesterday’ |
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ad uwānin di |
‘a little while ago’ |
| din3, han din, hidin3 |
ohay uggab |
‘night before last’ |
|
ohay duminggu |
‘last week’ |
|
ohay būlan |
‘last month’ |
|
ohay tawon |
‘year before last’ |
| hay2, din3, han din, hidin |
handi |
‘day before yesterday’ |
| 1Determiner is optional; for a description of the distribution of phrases introduced by this determiner, see hi1 4b.
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| 2For a description of the distribution of phrases introduced by this determiner, see hay 1.
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| 3For a description of the distribution of phrases introduced by din, han din or hidin, see din 1.
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