1# Locale override examples for timeago
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3You can represent time statements in most western languages where
4a prefix and/or suffix is used.
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6The default case is to use suffix only (as in English), which you
7do by providing the `suffixAgo` and `suffixFromNow` settings in
8the strings hash (earlier versions of timeago used the deprecated
9`ago` and `fromNow` options). If present, they are used.
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11    2 minutes [suffixAgo]
12    2 minutes [suffixFromNow]
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14In case you want to use prefix only instead of
15suffix (e.g. Greek), you provide the `prefixAgo` and
16`prefixFromNow` options in the strings hash and leave `suffixAgo`
17and `suffixFromNow` empty or null.
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19    [prefixAgo] 2 minutes
20    [prefixFromNow] 2 minutes
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22For languages where you want to use a prefix only for future
23tense and prefix/suffix for past tense (for example swedish), you
24can combine the prefix and suffixes as needed.
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26    [prefixAgo] 2 minutes [suffixAgo]
27    [prefixFromNow] 2 minutes
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