Re: Latin grammar
| From: | Jeff Jones <jeffsjones@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, September 3, 2002, 15:25 |
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On Tue, 3 Sep 2002 13:22:15 +0100, =?iso-8859-1?q?Jan=20van=20Steenbergen?=
<ijzeren_jan@...> wrote:
> --- Jeff Jones skrzypszy:
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>> I haven't said anything , but I've been following the discussions on
>> Wenedyk and Jovian closely. If somebody's interested I could post some
>> Rubaga paradigms/examples for comparison.
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>Please do so!
OK. To start with, here's the present indicative of {ca'dare} and {bezire}
stem ca'da ["ka:.d3] beaze ["bjaeZ]
1ps ca'da-go ["ka:.doG_w] beaze-go ["bjae.ZuG_w]
2ps ca'da' ["ka:.da:] beazi' ["bjae.Zi:]
3ps masc ca'da-se ["ka:.dES] beaze-se ["bjae.ZIS]
fem ca'da-sea ["ka:.dE.S3] beaze-sea ["bjae.ZI.S3]
1pp ca'da`u [ka:"dAow] bezi`u [bjE"Zuuw]
2pp ca'dase [ka:"daeS] bezise [bjE"ZiiS]
3pp ca'da' ["ka:.da:] beazeo' ["bjae.Zo:]
The enclitic subject pronouns (-go, -se, and -sea) are dropped leaving the
stem when
a) an emphatic subject pronoun or other explicit subject occurs, or
b) in answer to a yes/no type question.
In the latter case, some dialects will also use the stem form for 2ps and
less commonly 3pp.
The pronouns tu (2ps), di and de (3pp) may be used for clarification
without being emphatic. De is an optional specifically feminine form.
I'll send this part now.
Jeff
>Jan
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