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Re: cases

From:Joe <joe@...>
Date:Monday, December 2, 2002, 21:15
On Monday 02 December 2002 8:03 pm, you wrote:
> En réponse à Joe <joe@...>: > > I thought that Direct was Accusative/Nominative > > No, the accusative ended up with all the other cases except the nominative > and vocative. > > > rex(nominative) > *regus? > roys > > No, *regis. The imparisyllabics were remanied according to their long > forms. > > > regibus(Dative/Ablative) > *regis? > roys > > Rather *reges. The dative/ablative (which contained also the genitive by > that time) fell in favour of the accusative. > > > regia(Nominative) > roy > > The Latin was |reges|. It was replaced by *regi (the second declension -i > replaced the third declension -es in the nominative plural). > > > regi(Dative/Ablative) > roy > > Rather rege(m). The accusative -m was already falling in Imperial Latin. > > > I suppose that's sensible, if you assume final vowels are lost... > > It is indeed. > > Christophe. > >
Ok, I don't suppose ' l'ancien français ' is available in English? It sounds like a nice language, (unlike todays french..which, IMO, sounds like a throat infection).

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Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>