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Z a) A (the other day; a while agoj; Z (last time); Z a) I: ZF (on
this occasion; at this time); Z 08% (at this time; recently); Z a) { f
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fl / S I (this February I spring)
(2) From one time in the past through the moment of speech (KS(B)):
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Z a) %(these days); Z a)%(these days); L a) - {I / @ / I
(this past week I month I year)
(3) Around the moment of speech (Exs.(c) and (d)):
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Z a)R (on this occasion); Z 02-F (around this time); Z a)Z 9 T
(around this time)
(4) A period of time including the moment of speech (Ex.(e)):
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Z a) Z$ (this spring); Z a) {I I (this week 1 month); Z a) -
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{am / @El /*I (this weeklmonthl year)
(5) From the moment of speech on (Ex.(f)):
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Z Ob(after this); Z a)X(from now on); Z a)-{aF~7 @a /+I
(the following week I month I year)