Re: OT: Farsi

En réponse à "T. Leigh & M. Carchrie" <callanish@...>:

>
> 2. As far as the verbal system goes, I can see how the French verbal
> system is closer to the Persian verbal system than that of English or
> Swedish. French and Persian both have things like personal endings on
> the verbs (even though half the French ones aren't actually
> pronounced,
> they're still there); an imperfect tense, contrasted with the simple
> past and the perfect tenses; a full-fledged and widely used
> subjunctive.
> Also there are other similarities, such as the fact that in both
> Persian
> and French adjectives follow nouns, whereas in English and Swedish
> they
> precede.
>
I've found this: http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/languagesofla/farsi/fars-sketch.htm
Though it's probably not the best page on the web about it, it's given me a
good idea of what is Farsi. Interesting nonetheless...

> Thomas
> (who is, in fact, taking a Persian/Farsi class at the moment!)
>
Have fun!

Christophe.

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