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