Re: French syntax (was: Italian Particles)

At 17:43 25/05/00 -0400, you wrote:
>Christophe Grandsire wrote:
>> When the object "mari" directly follows the verb, you can use "ZdetEst" or
>> "ZladetEst". In other cases, "Zladetest" is the only correct form
>
>So, _moi ZladetEst mari_ or _moi ZladetEst mari_ are both legal, but
>*_mari ZdetEst moi_ is not?  Is _ZdetEst moi mari_ also illegal?
>
Yes, _mari_ has to appear just after the verb (without anything in between)
to allow the ellipsis of _la_. _mari ZdetEst moi_ sounds really ackward (it
sounds as if _mari_ should be the subject and _moi_ the object, which is
contradicted in the verb) and _ZdetEst moi mari_ sounds even worse (it
sounds like an uncorrect way to say: "I hate myself, Mary").

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