Re: On the tense system

[Jorge LLambias <jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU>]

> ___mi morsi ba'o lenu mi jmive___
> I am dead in the aftermath of the event of my being alive
>
> ___mi morsi ca lenu mi ba'o jmive___
> I am dead at the time of the event of my being in the aftermath of being alive
>
>
> The second does not exclude the possibility of
> ___mi morsi pu lenu mi ba'o jmive___
> I am dead before the time of the event of my being in the aftermath of being
 alive
>
> The first specifically puts you in the aftermath of that event of being alive.
>

so  the first means: I'm dead in the aftermath of my living, and I was not dead
before that.

This seems to be including more meaning than ba'o has. Is my having been dead
before really excluded?

Jorge