Re: CHAT: History of «ir»

Hi! Quoting just my memory... and I just know portuguese, but it's close
enough.

'ir'

present: vou < vado, -ere
imperfect: ia < eo, -ire
past perfect: fui < sum, esse !

'andar' < ambulo, -are. How that -d- appeared is beyond me!

Edgard.

On 7/3/07, Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> wrote:
>
> This should probably be tagged differently, but I don't know with
> what.  The question concerns the historical development of a natlang.
> Specifically Spanish.  How did the verb «ir» develop?  The usual Latin
> root for "go" seems to have become «andar», while the everyday word
> comes elsewhence and arrives in an odd set of forms.   Was there a
> merger, like with English "go" and "wend"?  Did the present tense come
> from some verb which, had its infinitive survived, would now be
> *«var»?
>
> This question occurred to me while I was trying to
> remember/reconstruct the polite imperative for «dar», since the two
> verbs have several parallel forms.  (Though *«daya» is not one of
> them).  The other thing that occurred to me is that
> _The_Dar_Imperative_ would be a good name for a science fiction
> thriller.  And/or a rock band.
>
> --
> Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
>

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