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Notes on how to talk about dates, times, and timekeeping in Toaq.


Temporal subdivisions:
== Dates ==
; {{t|2022nıaq}} ({{t|gubıqguheıgunıaq}}): {{x}} is year 2022.
The "spoken word" way of referring to dates is something like {{d|gúheıshıchaq po néıjue}} "the 21rd day of (the) September".
; {{t|5jue}} ({{t|fejue}}): {{x}} is the fifth month of {{x}}.
For weekdays, use the preestablished colors-of-the-rainbow compounds such as {{t|kıachaq}}.


Time as units:
To specify the year you can add {{t|po nị́aqgukoamgujo}} "of the year 2024", which can be written {{d|nị́aq2024}}. As in Chinese, years are simply read digit-by-digit, without {{t|bıq fue heı}}.
; {{t|cı mỉnu}}: {{x}} is six minutes.
 
; {{t|mınucı}}: {{x}} is six minutes.
To say this more "mechanically" there's {{d|jị́qchaq 21 9 2024}}, where the numbers should be pronounced digit-by-digit as {{t|jị́qchaq gushı neı gukoamgujo}}.
(whence ({{t|dùo cí mỉnu}} for ''for six minutes'', etc.)
 
When writing a date numerically, the preferred format is {{t|2024-09-21}}. Such a date can be "read out" (reading backwards!) using {{t|jị́qchaq}}.  (Or one can read it forwards with {{t|dạ́qnıaq}})
 
=== Alternative month names ===
There is a "colorful" set of alliterative month names that may be used instead of the numeric names:
 
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Alternative month names
|-
! Month !! Name
|-
| January || {{d|chıochu}}
|-
| February || {{d|luqluoq}}  
|-
| March || {{d|ırue'ısıe}}
|-
| April || {{d|geagom}}
|-
| May || {{d|suaqsoq}}
|-
| June || {{d|nuoqnea}}
|-
| July || {{d|nharunhuo}}
|-
| August || {{d|shuaqshoa}}
|-
| September || {{d|reoruq}}
|-
| October || {{d|feafao}}
|-
| November || {{d|hoehıu}}
|-
| December || {{d|cuaocoa}}
|}
 
== Time ==
Toaqgua uses 24-hour time. A time like "2:45 p.m." can be referred to as {{t|dạ́qhora 14 45}}.
 
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Latest revision as of 15:42, 24 August 2025

Notes on how to talk about dates, times, and timekeeping in Toaq.

Dates

The "spoken word" way of referring to dates is something like 󱛃󱛊󱚲󱛆󱚴󱛎󱚹󱛀󱚹󱚿󱚺󱛂 󱚳󱛃 󱚵󱛊󱚴󱛎󱚹󱚾󱚲󱛍󱚴 (gúheıshıchaq po néıjue) "the 21rd day of (the) September".

To specify the year you can add po nị́aqgukoamgujo "of the year 2024", which can be written 󱚵󱛊󱚹󱛍󱚺󱛂󱛒2024 (nị́aq2024). As in Chinese, years are simply read digit-by-digit, without bıq fue heı.

To say this more "mechanically" there's 󱚾󱛊󱚹󱛂󱛒󱚿󱚺󱛂 21 9 2024 (jị́qchaq 21 9 2024), where the numbers should be pronounced digit-by-digit as jị́qchaq gushı neı gukoamgujo.

When writing a date numerically, the preferred format is 2024-09-21. Such a date can be "read out" (reading backwards!) using jị́qchaq. (Or one can read it forwards with dạ́qnıaq)

Alternative month names

There is a "colorful" set of alliterative month names that may be used instead of the numeric names:

Alternative month names
Month Name
January 󱚿󱚹󱛍󱛃󱚿󱚲 (chıochu)
February 󱚼󱚲󱛂󱚼󱚲󱛍󱛃󱛂 (luqluoq)
March 󱚹󱚻󱚲󱛍󱚴󱛅󱚹󱚺󱚹󱛍󱚴 (ırue'ısıe)
April 󱛃󱚴󱛍󱚺󱛃󱛃󱚱 (geagom)
May 󱚺󱚲󱛍󱚺󱛂󱚺󱛃󱛂 (suaqsoq)
June 󱚵󱚲󱛍󱛃󱛂󱚵󱚴󱛍󱚺 (nuoqnea)
July 󱚽󱚺󱚻󱚲󱚽󱚲󱛍󱛃 (nharunhuo)
August 󱛀󱚲󱛍󱚺󱛂󱛀󱛃󱛍󱚺 (shuaqshoa)
September 󱚻󱚴󱛍󱛃󱚻󱚲󱛂 (reoruq)
October 󱚴󱚴󱛍󱚺󱚴󱚺󱛎󱛃 (feafao)
November 󱛆󱛃󱛍󱚴󱛆󱚹󱛍󱚲 (hoehıu)
December 󱚹󱚲󱛍󱚺󱛎󱛃󱚹󱛃󱛍󱚺 (cuaocoa)

Time

Toaqgua uses 24-hour time. A time like "2:45 p.m." can be referred to as dạ́qhora 14 45.

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