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Re: Vulgar Latin

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Monday, January 10, 2000, 0:42
Raymond Brown wrote:
> 1st decl. 2nd decl. 3rd decl > SING. PLUR. SING. PLURAL SING. PLURAL > Nom. capra capras muros muri flores flores > Oblique capra capras muro muros flore flores
Wasn't the 1st declension nom. pl. -e or -ae?
> (some dialects preffered 'esse' <-- 'ipse' in both uses).
Were there none that used "ille" for pronouns and "ipse" for articles or vice versa?
> Spanish 'aquel' <-- accu ille. In Dacia we find 'acce', Romanian 'acest' > <-- acce iste.
I've also seen _aqueste_ and (I think) _aquese_ in samples of Old Spanish.
> A big subject, but *very, very* briefly: disappearance of inflected > passive (& deponent verbs!)
When did this occur? Was this an early or a late development? -- 19 Watikala'f Wakabi'f watya'nifaf plal 271 http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/X-Files http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/Books.html ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTailor