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Re: Latin Grammar Dilemma

From:bnathyuw <bnathyuw@...>
Date:Friday, November 29, 2002, 12:57
 --- Christian Thalmann <cinga@...> wrote: > ---
In conlang@y..., bnathyuw <bnathyuw@Y...> wrote:
> > > if you want another subject, you use |ut| ( which > is > > rather like your |ud| : > > Surprisingly... ;-) >
there i was thinking it was derived from |illud| ( well, you did mention |that| and |dass| ! )
> > > > |uoló té ésse| 'i want to eat you' > > |uoló ut [tú] édás| 'i want you to eat' > > > > apperently some clauses usually expressed with > |ut| + > > subj can in poetry take an infinitive, but the > > examples they give are verbs like 'urge' which > would > > rule out having the same subject for both. > furthermore > > the subject of the infinitive doesn't seem to be > > expressed > > OK... I guess I'll just stick to the |ud| > construction > in the general case, then. > > > > > hope a) that's helpful and b) that's right ! > > It certainly was helpful, and above that, it was an > *answer*, the hope for which I had begun to lose. > ;-P > > Thanx. >
no problem
> > > -- Christian Thalmann > > > PS: I just found the coolest Latin word in my > dictionary... > |dênâsâre| "to remove the nose of". ;-) I had to > import it > into Jovian right away.
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