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Volapük

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Preposition

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  1. before, ago (bü yels tel = two years ago)
  2. to, before (when telling time)
    Binos foldil düp kilid
    It is a quarter to three.
    • 1931, Arie de Jong, Gramat Volapüka, § 256:
      Vipob binön tö stajon tü foldil düpa deveg trena.
      I wish to be at the station a quarter of an hour before the departure of the train.

Derived terms

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