Re: V2 languages

On Sat, 29 May 1999, Raymond A. Brown wrote:

> Both Breton & Welsh BTW can also front, i.e. focus, the verb.  They do this
> by having the verbnoun (roughly 'infinitive') first and having the verb "to
> do" as the finite verb in seconf position.
My Welsh needs a good airing, but I seem to remember that it's
straight OSV:

   ennillodd Dafydd  y  goron
   won       Dafydd the crown
   "Dafydd won the crown"

If you want to front something else than the verb (i.e. use it as
focus), *then* you need something to resume it, such as the relarive
pronoun:

   Dafydd  a  ennillodd  y  goron
   Dafydd REL won       the crown
   "It was Dafydd who won the crown"

I don't remember how to say "It was the crown that Dafydd won", alas.

   Irina


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