[romconlang] Prepositions and case
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, March 24, 2008, 16:53 |
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In the case (ahem) of those four prepositions where the abl/acc
distinction mattered, did that distinction just get lost? Did new
prepositions appear to make up for it?
On 3/24/08, caeruleancentaur <caeruleancentaur@...> wrote:
> --- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, R A Brown <ray@...> wrote:
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> >Modern Romance forms such as _con nosco_ (con(n)nosco) and _con vosco_
> >(convosco) surely hark back to VL *noscu(m) and *voscu(m) showing
> >postposited _cum_ used with the accusative.
>
> Every first year student of Spanish learns conmigo, contigo and consigo.
>
> Charlie
>
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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
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