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Re: CHAT: R: Italian Particles

From:Sally Caves <scaves@...>
Date:Wednesday, April 19, 2000, 16:24
Can you give a full-sentence example in Old Norse?


BP Jonsson wrote:

> They provide a way to convert a V2 language into a VSO language. In Old > Norse one often finds a pleonastic adverb (mostly _nú_ or _þá_) which > induces a kind of virtual VSO. I've been playing around with the idea of > turning these adverbs into tense marking prefixes... > > Let's see: > > ék -> e > þú -> u > hann -> a > hún -> u > það -> a > vér/vit -> e > þér/þið -> e > þeir/þær -> a > þau -> u > > Natlangy weird enough! :-) > > /BP > > B.Philip Jonsson > mailto:bpj@netg.se > mailto:melroch@my-deja.com > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~__ > Anant' avanaute quettalmar! \ > \ > __ ____ ____ _____________ ___ __ __ __ / / > \ \/___ \\__ > \ /___ _____/\ \\__ \\ \ \ \\ \ / / > / / / / / \ / /Melroch\ > \_/ // / / // / / / > / /___/ /_ / /\ \ / /Melarocco\_ // /__/ // /__/ > / > /_________//_/ \_\/ /Eowine__ / / \___/\_\\___/\_\ > I neer > Pityancalimeo\ \_____/ /ar/ /_atar Mercasso > naan > ~~~~~~~~~Cuinondil~~~\_______/~~~\__/~~~Noolendur~~~~~~ > || Lenda lenda > pellalenda pellatellenda cuivie aiya! || > "A coincidence, as we say in > Middle-Earth" (JRR Tolkien)
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