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Re: R: Re: Degrees of volition in active languages (was Re:Chevraqis: asketch)

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Saturday, August 19, 2000, 20:12
Mangiat wrote:
> 'il mio libro' - 'my book'
Spanish has "El libro mío" as an emphatic version of "Mi libro", and I've seen an Old Spanish text that had forms like "El mi libro" (as well as forms like "Tod el pueblo", making me wonder if OS dropped -o for a lot of preposed adjectives, like it does today with only a few like "bueno") -- "Their bodies did not age, but they became afeared of everything and anything. For partaking in any activity at all could threaten their precious and ageless bodies! ... Their victory over death was a hollow one." ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTailor