[Tlhingan-hol] before now

[De'vID]

How would you express "before now"? "I haven't done this (e.g., written a
manuscript) before now."

{ret not ghItlh vIqon}? Can {ret} be used by itself as a time stamp, and
can it precede an adverbial {not}?

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