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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.