"Golpe" is a word in HILIGAYNON
gólpe - (Sp. golpe) Bang, whack, thwack,
wallop, buffet, blow, stroke, hit, knock, jolt,
jog, jerk, shock; a sudden mishap, fit,
accident or action. Sing (Sa) gólpe. All at
once, suddenly, all of a sudden,
unexpectedly, without preparation or
premonition, with great force or impetus.
Ginakígan níya siá sing gólpe kag
gintíklod. All at once he got angry with him
and pushed him aside. Napatáy siá sing
gólpe. He died suddenly, quite
unexpectedly. Also verb: Gingólpe níya
ang pagdóksol sa kay Fuláno. He suddenly
or impetuously attacked N.N. Golpehá ang
paglámpus sang wásay sa káhoy. Swing
the axe with all your might against the tree.
Inâ nga bátà nagagílagíl, kay may gólpe.
This boy was stunted in growth on account
of an accident. (cf. hinálì, hinalî; lámpus,
bálbal; samád).
Perhaps there are many "nows" of varying duration, depending on just what it is we are doing. We must face up to the fact that, at least in the case of humans, the subject experiencing subjective time is not a perfect, structureless observer, but a complex, multilayered, multifaceted psyche. Different levels of our consciousness may experience time in quite different ways. This is evidently the case in terms of response time. You have probably had the slightly unnerving experience of jumping at the sound of a telephone a moment or two before you actually hear it ring. The shrill noise induces a reflex response through the nervous system much faster than the time it takes to create the conscious experience of the sound.It is fashionable to attribute certain qualities, such as speech ability, to the left side of the brain, whereas others, such as musical appreciation, belong to processes occurring on the right side. But why should both hemispheres experience a common time? And why should the subconscious use the same mental clock as the conscious?
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Did you say that you fell over fifty feet but didn't hurt yourself? Yes - I was trying to get to the back of the bus.
ripínte - (Sp. repente) Sudden, suddenly, unexpected, unforeseen, all at once. (cf. gólpe, hinálì).
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