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Re: THEORY: Auxiliaries

From:Muke Tever <mktvr@...>
Date:Thursday, January 2, 2003, 13:06
From: "Arthaey Angosii" <arthaey@...>
> Emaelivpar Jean-François Colson: > >Some examples in French: > > "ce" in "est-ce" [Es] (= is that) > > "je" in "puis-je" [pj<rnd>iZ] (= can I) > > I'm guessing that <rnd> means rounding, but I've only seen rounding apply > to vowels before. This is supposed to a rounded, palatized [p]?
Given the little I know of French, I think it's supposed to be [pHiZ], with rounded [j], aka consonantal [y]. *Muke! -- http://www.frath.net/

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Jean-François Colson <bn130627@...>