Re: Weekly vocab #3
| From: | Philip Newton <philip.newton@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, April 15, 2002, 4:33 |
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On 14 Apr 02, at 17:30, Philip Newton wrote:
> > 1. She is my doctor.
>
> E lëkaro esë. (Or for emphasis: *she*, that one there, is my doctor:
> Ila e lëkaro esë.)
> /("ila) E LE"qa4o E"sjE/
> be.3SG.PRES doctor PPRON.1SG.GEN
> Is doctor of-me.
I thought about this some more and realised this is probably bad
Verdurian style. The genitive is used for relations only with people of
equal or lesser rank. So I suppose that with one's doctor, one should
possible use a more respectful form, in which case the dative would be
used:
E lëkaro sen.
/E LE"qa4o sEn/
be.3SG.PRES doctor.NOM.SG PPRON.1SG.DAT
She-is doctor to-me.
Cheers,
Philip
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Philip Newton <Philip.Newton@...>