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Re: Formal/informal pronouns

From:Adam Walker <carrajena@...>
Date:Friday, April 25, 2008, 22:00
--- Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...> wrote:

> No, they were all _kandidat(en) '(the) bachelor', > but there > was a distinct feminine _kandidatska(n)_ -- not that > there > were many female academics back then. > > At the same time a woman holding a doctorate was > _doktor(n)_ > just like a male one, while a woman *married* to a > doctorate > holder was _doktorinna(n)_. Cute, eh? >
Carrajena does something similar with -esa and -ina. One denotes a female holder of the rank or office and the other denotes the wife of a holder of the office so there is a difference between a redjesa and a redjina -- one being queen regnant and the other queen consort. Adam Ed ñavisud in junu suñu pera nun regrediri ad ul Erodu, regrediruns ad il sustrus provinchi peu'l via aurra. Machu 2:12