Re: Multiple forms possible in morphology
From: | Herman Miller <hmiller@...> |
Date: | Saturday, February 10, 2007, 19:06 |
Philip Newton wrote:
> Do any of you have words which have more than one permissible form?
> Differing, perhaps, in formality or style, with one being a bit more
> stilted, or seeming a bit archaic?
I've been introducing some elements of Lindiga back into Minza; one of
these is the infinitive -ich [iç]. In ordinary Minza usage this has been
replaced with the subjunctive -i, but the original Lindiga forms can be
used to give a sense of formality or archaic style.