Re: Future of Spanish

FFlores wrote:

> Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> wrote:
> > > And some other syllable-final consonants too. In my dialect
> > > the final -r of verb infinitives is dropped more often than not.
> >
> > Interesting.  So, in your dialect, the infinitives are actually -a',
> > -e', and -i'?
>
> "Si te llega a ver te va a matar" ("If he comes (and) sees you
> he's going to kill you") ends up like /si t@'Sega be t@'ba ma'ta/.
> (Note also that the preposition "a" is elided because of the
> previous "-a" in the verb inflection).
"Si te llega a ver" I didn't thought on this construction before and I'm =
not
sure the best translation into English is "If he comes and sees you".  "I=
f
he happens and see you" or "If it happens and he sees you" into an
subjunctive mode...

--
Carlos Eugenio Thompson Pinz=F3n

  Ojal=E1 pase algo que te borre de pronto
  una luz cegadora, un disparo de nieve
  ojal=E1 por lo menos que me lleve la muerte
  para no verte nunca, para no verte siempre
  en todos los segundos, en todas las visiones
  Ojal=E1 que no pueda tocarte ni en canciones
                           - Silvio Rodr=EDguez