Re: Searixina vowel alternations
| From: | Christian Thalmann <cinga@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, March 24, 2003, 14:46 |
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--- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, Christophe Grandsire
<christophe.grandsire@F...> wrote:
> It looks quite like the vowel alternations that appear in Romance verbs,
> especially in Spanish. ex.: morir "to die"
> 1s present: muero
> 3s present: muere
> 1p present: morimos
> 3s simple past: murió
> French doesn't have as many of those alternations (many verbs were
regularised,
> like the verb aimer "to love" which used to have an alternation
aim-/am-), but
> it does have some. ex.: venir /v@'niR/ "to come"
> 1s present: je viens /Z@'vjE~/
> 1p present: nous venons /nuv@'nO~/
> 1s future: je viendrai /Z@vjE~'dRE/
> 1s simple past: je vins /Z@'vE~/ (although you'll rarely hear it,
except from
> someone reading a text)
Those languages are obviously plagiarising the behavior
the Jovian -ire conjugation. =)
Tagire [ta'gi:r] "to be quiet, remain silent, shut up":
1 taego ['tajgA]
2 taeges ['tajg@s] (or rather [tajks])
3 taege ['tajg]
I tagime [ta'gi:m]
II tagise [ta'gi:s]
III taegen ['tajg@n] (or rather ['tajgN=])
Past: tagivo [ta'gi:vA] etc.
Past Participle: taectu ['tECt@]
-- Christian Thalmann
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