3.2.1. Time lines
A time line refers to an imaginary line between the horizontal plane from a point in front of the signer to a point behind the signer, with the present moment corresponding to a point at the signer’s chest. In TİD, the part of the line that is in front of the signer’s body represents the future, the one in the back the past. However, more fine-grained distinctions in time are also expressed: far past, near past, near future, and far future. Time information is mainly expressed by lexical tense markers [Lexicon - 3.3.1.] and temporal adverbs [Syntax – 6.4.2.1.] which are also articulated in the relevant parts of the time line.