Re: NATLANG: Humagrian glossary
From: | Frank George Valoczy <valoczy@...> |
Date: | Tuesday, April 27, 2004, 14:54 |
>> I saw a root somewhere which differed from en-.
>
> The "enni" 'to eat' belongs to a special [small and improductive]
> verbal group called "sz-stem" verbs. Etymologically these roots had
> the pattern of V or CV. But these patterns were ruled out by the
> phonotactics. Therefore the root was extended by various elements.
> In present tense, it was the "sz" consonant, thus the lexematic
> form is: "eszik" 'he/she eats' (in addition, it's an "ik"-type
> verb).
Aha, then a question that's been bugging me for...near as long as I can
remember.
In the pattern:
Meg lesz írva
El lesz olvasva
El lesz téve
What are the forms for 'inni' and 'enni'? For 'enni' the best I could come
up with is 'meg lesz edve', but...I dunno. And for 'inni', I'm at a total
loss...