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Re: [despammed] Re: Sarah's language.

From:Joe <joe@...>
Date:Wednesday, January 15, 2003, 17:51
On Wednesday 15 January 2003 4:55 pm, bnathyuw wrote:
> --- Joe <joe@...> wrote: > On Tuesday 14 > January 2003 5:27 am, Nik Taylor > > > wrote: > > > Garth Wallace wrote: > > > > I was taught that the first declension was > > > > -us,-i and second was -a,-ae. > > > > > It is. The label "-o declension" refers to > > > > Proto-Indo-European. > > > > No, it isn't. > > > > The first is -a,-ae, and the second is -us,-i > > i've seen various orders used, altho the commonest was > > > 1 -a- ( -a, -ae ) |puella| > 2 -o- ( -us/-um, -i ) |seruus/templum| > 3 -i- or - ( -is/e/C, -is ) |ciuis/animale/urbs| > 4 -e- ( -es, -ei ) |res/?spes| > 5 -u- ( -us/-u, -us ) |manus/cornu| > > ( i hope i've got 4 and 5 right ! ) >
IIRC, 4 and 5 are the other way round... Sorry, I'm being incredibly pedantic ;-)

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