En réponse à Frank George Valoczy <valoczy@...>:
>
> THE ADJECTIVE
>
> Adjectives must agree in gender and number with the nouns they
> modify. Adjectives are placed after the noun in the singular and
> before
> the noun in the plural.
>
Is there any reason for that? And is the reverse order possible, even if it's
marked (like in French)?
>
> The definite article is generally attached only to the noun and not
> the
> adjective, (poanul buanu "the good bread"). However, when the possessor
> of
> the noun is indicated (poanul da nos "our bread"), then the enclitic
> definite article is attached to both the noun and the adjective (poanul
> da
> nos buanul).
>
interesting...
> Comparison of Adjectives
>
> positive (m ~ f): grandu ~ granda
> comparative: plu grandu ~ plu granda
> superlative: naygrandu ~ naygranda
>
Where does the superlative prefix come from?
>
> POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS
>
> Possessive pronouns in Dalmatian are archaic and not in use, though
> occasionally they may occur in liturgical use.
>
> Possession is shown by the construction da + pers.prn, e.g. baca da go
> (my
> cow), matru da tu (your mother).
>
Well, my Reman doesn't feel lonely anymore :) . Until now, I think it was the
only Romance language to have no possessive adjectives (it uses a construction
noun + dy /dy/ + indirect personal pronoun, quite like yours). It still has
possessive pronouns though. How do you translate "mine", "yours", etc...?
> NUMERALS
>
> CARDINAL NUMERALS
>
> 1 unu/una; un/una
> 2 du/dua
> 3 trai
> 4 catru
> 5 chencia
> 6 sciache
> 7 sciapte
> 8 optu
> 9 nua
> 10 dziace
>
> 11 to 19 formed: unit + spra + dziace: 11 = unspradziace
>
Looks definitely Eastern Romance to me :) . Doesn't Romanian do the same? By the
way, where does the "spra" come from? "supra"? (giving 11: one "above" ten, one
"over" ten?)
> (Verbs and Adverbs will come in a next post)
>
I can't wait for them :) .
Christophe.
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