Re: About Romance natlangs and conlangs (Re: ) (LONG)

On: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 18:34:54 -0500
Nik Taylor wrote:
=3d---------=3d---------=3d---------=3d---------=3d
> > In Portuguese, AFAIK, it is the analytic compound
> > form which is still used (or is there also a synthetic form?)
>
> In Portuguese, one can put the object pronoun between the infinitive and
> the ending, e.g.:
>
> Ver-me-a =3d (s)he/you will see me, but it's also common to avoid that,
> but I don't remember how.
        Ver-me-=e1
        Me ver=e1 (in Brazil it's very common, although it's considered
                 wrong by the grammar)
        Vai me ver
        Ir=e1 me ver

        Every verb in the future tense can be said as "vai + verb" (vai
=3d to go [present]), or "ir=e1 + verb" (ir=e1 =3d to go [future]).
        In the conditional (preterite of future) it can be "iria + ver"
(iria =3d to go [conditional]), or "ia + verb" (ia=3d to go [past imperf.])=
.
I think the latter is used only in Brazil, though I'm not sure, and is
also wrong, by the grammar.

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