Tydotsuy times

Relative time

Time is (optionally) indicated at the beginning of a sentence. It can take the following forms:

A noun in the locative case.
A noun in the locative case followed by a time adverb indicating the relation between this sentence and the time represented by the noun.
Just a time adverb, indicating the relation between this sentence and the previous one. This is used both where English would use "X then Y" and where it would use sentences like "After X, Y". If one is relating this sentence to an event that's already been mentioned, the common mood is used.

The time adverb is one of the following:

latte: sometime earlier
þyy: right before
efteh: at the same time, or sometime during the specified time
shdyduu: right after
lhithel: sometime later, but not right after
tottuhyt: all of the specified time

Clock time

There are two systems of time used in Tydotsu: the older thattei fetehit (day time), and the newer lwaitel fetehit (Lwaitel time). In thattei fetehit, the day from sunrise to sunset is divided into three equal daaphai (sections), and time is not counted at night. In lwaitel fetehit, the 24-hour period is divided into 5 equal daaphai, based on noon and midnight. The daaphai are given names as follows:

Name	Translation	thattei fetehit	lwaitel fetehit	Day/night
yhyu	Morning	First 1/3 of the day	4:48-9:36 AM	Day
thajwei	Midday	Middle 1/3 of the day	9:36 AM-2:24 PM
palwaa	Afternoon	Last 1/3 of the day	2:24-7:12 PM
fjohny	Evening/Night start		7:12 PM-12:00 AM	Night
fjoh buu	Night end		12:00-4:48 AM	Night

In both systems, each daaphai is divided into 36 (100₆) twitse (parts), which are about 8 minutes each. Time can also be measured in toh, which are 1/540 of a lwaitel twitse = 1/67.5 minutes = 8/9 seconds.

Times are given with the name of the daaphai followed by the number of twitse (rounded down) without a suffix, optionally followed by the number of toh, also without a suffix (but as a cardinal number). If the number of toh is specified, often the last two digits are left out.

Dates

The year on this planet has 290 days, which are divided into 4 seasons of 72 (200₆) days each, plus two extra days. The seasons are considered to officially start on the solstices and equinoctes, like on Earth in the US. The extra days are the summer and winter solstice, and both of them are major holidays. The year begins on the winter solstice.

Dates are indicated with the season name (phish (spring), wiibee (summer), buuphu (fall), mofjoh (winter)) followed by the number of days after the start of the season, as an ordinal number. The solstices are dewiibee neje and dumofjoh neje.