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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.