Re: Romance demonstratives (WAS: Just a Little Taste of Judean(Part 2))

Raymond A. Brown <raybrown@...> wrote:
>
> >What was _ipse_? I was under the impression that it meant "same",
> >"self-" (Spanish/French _se_?)
>
> No - rather the French 'me^me' as in 'moi me^me', 'lui me^me' etc.
>
Yes, that goes for Spanish too -- "yo mismo, e'l mismo"
are emphatic. But the object forms like "(a) mi' mismo"
are reflexive *and* emphatic.


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