Re: verbs = nouns? (in Hebrew)

On Wed, 10 Jan 2001 09:35:07 -0500 John Cowan <jcowan@...>
writes:
> > Among the children
> > whose speech I treat, there are some who consistantly
> > pronounce -alav as /alo/.
> In the same sense that many American children consistently
> pronounce "isn't" as /eInt/?
>
> --
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> <jcowan@...>
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I don't know.... saying _`alo_ instead of _`alav_ for "on-him" is a
generalization based on _bo_ "with/in him", _ito_ "with him", _oto_
"(accusative) him", and _-o_ "his".  oh yeah, that reminds me... also
_shelo_ "his" and _lo_ "to him". and _bishvilo_ "for him".

-av words are:
_`alav_ "on him"
_bil`adav_ "without him"
_eilav_ "to him"
and probably the archaic _`imadav_, "with him"


-Stephen (Steg)
 "for you i will also give... a ferret."
     ~ *not* Eyal Golan, "Yafa Sheli"