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Re: cases

From:Joe <joe@...>
Date:Monday, December 2, 2002, 17:11
On Sunday 01 December 2002 9:52 pm, you wrote:
> En réponse à Joe <joe@...>: > > > > Sg. Pl. > > > > Direct roy roys > > > > Oblique roys roy > > > > Um, yeah...what was the Etymology of those cases? > > Well, after checking, I discovered that the paradigm presented up there is > wrong. It should be: > > Sg. Pl. > Direct roys roy > Oblique roy roys > > Exactly the oppositve ;))) . As for its etymology, the "Direct" case (I > prefer the term "Subject") is directly the offspring of the Latin > nominative case (merged with the dying vocative), while the Oblique case > comes from the fusion of all the others (accusative, dative, genitive and > ablative). >
I thought that Direct was Accusative/Nominative..but no matter...so, let me get this straight... rex(nominative) > *regus? > roys regibus(Dative/Ablative) > *regis? > roys regia(Nominative) > roy regi(Dative/Ablative) > roy I suppose that's sensible, if you assume final vowels are lost...

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Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>