Re: THEORY: questions
From: | Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...> |
Date: | Friday, October 26, 2001, 6:07 |
Eliott Lash wrote:
>Now, if the word 'and' links two clauses, then Silindion uses the
>conjunction 'ne'
>
>nossanne ono i ssurnin ne i urisvi matie i nerma ya nolosseavi.
>
>/no`sa:nne `o:no i sur`ni:n NE i u`ri:svi `ma:tie i `nE:rma ja no`loseavi/
>
>"It snowed through the night and in the morning the house was hidden under
>the snow"
>
>Here, the two clauses are linked with 'ne'
Funny. The Tairezazh word for "and" is also _ne_. Unlike the Silindion _ne_,
it's however used also for connecting individual words (tho' it's a bit less
frequent than English "and").
Andreas
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