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