Contractions (well i guess they are...)
From: | Barry Garcia <barry_garcia@...> |
Date: | Thursday, September 27, 2001, 5:29 |
Inspired by Asturian, i've decided to combine certain function words
together into new ones. These follow the general Asturian pattern, but
dont end up quite the same.
Articles:
Only the article "la" loses the a and becomes attached to the following
word. This only happens when that word begins with a vowel:
The room - l'âvitaziún
De:
De becomes attached to the following word if it begins with a vowel:
from Aromas - d'aromas
Contractions (Contraziúns)
The following "contractions" exist in Montreiano:
a, con, de, en, pora, por + eu (to, with, of/from, for, for + the)
a + eu - au
con + eu - coneu
de + eu - deu
en + eu - eneu
pora + eu - porau
por + eu - poreu
a, con, de, en, por + la (to, with, of/from, for, for + the)
a + la - ala
con + la - conra
de + la - dela
en + la - enra
por + la - porla
a, con, de, en, por + lo (to, with, of/from, for, for + the)
a + lo - alo
con + lo - conro
de + lo - delo
en + lo - enro
por + lo - porlo
a, con, de, en, por + las (to, with, of/from, for, for + the)
a + las - alas
con + las - conras
de + las - delas
en + las - enras
por + las - porlas
a, con, de, en, por + los (to, with, of/from, for, for + the)
a + los - alos
con + los - conros
de + los - delos
en + los - enros
por + los - porlos
toa, tò, toas, tòs + articles (all + articles)
toa + eu - tau
tò + eu - tueu
toas + los - tualos
tòs + los - tuelos
toa + la - tuala
tò + la - tóla
toas + las - tualas
tòs + las - tuelas
cà + un, una (each + indefinite articles)
cà + un - caun
cà + una - cauna
Certainly not at extensive as Asturian, but these are peculiar to
Montreiano. Some of them show sound changes, which make them difficult at
first to recognize.