Re: OT: Japanese +ACI-good+ACI-
| From: | Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, January 4, 2004, 6:23 |
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Axiem wrote:
> That's what we learned. The word was originally +MIgwRA-, but got shortened down
> to +MEQwRA- for simplicity. However, when forming any other +ACI-tense+ACI-, it turns to
> +MIg--. In other words, as you said. However, I've heard things like +MEQwTzBqMEQ- in
> anime before, so I asked my sensei, and he noted that such combinations do
> occur, but only among young children. I suspect it's similar to English
> children saying +ACI-I goed to the store+ACI-.
Please use romaji! :-(
Is that "I've heard things like ikatta", or something similar?
For what it's worth, the also-common _yuu_ for _iu_, I've heard that in
some dialects yu- is used as the stem, thus, _yutta_ for the past.
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