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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 _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp