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Re: definite/indefinite articles

From:Peter Clark <peter-clark@...>
Date:Thursday, April 3, 2003, 1:53
On Tuesday 01 April 2003 11:46 am, Pavel Iosad wrote:
> Yes, this is true of some Arkhangel'sk dialects - the suffixes are, for > masc, fem and neut, respectively, -ot, -ta, and -to, as in _xozyain-ot_, > _xozyaika-ta_ etc.
Fascinating. Is there a plural ending, e.g. _chasy-ty_?
> The Arkhangel'sk dialects are far removed from the standard (in > phonetics as well as in morphology and syntax - for instance, the > passive is 'incomplete' (I don't know the English - the patient remains > in the accusative when the verb is passivized)), but they have never had > anything like an independent literary tradition, and they are > comprehensible.
So rather than _kniga byla napisana tri goda nazad_ ir would be _knigy byla (bylo?) napisana..._? Very interesting. :Peter

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Pavel Iosad <edricson@...>Northern Russian dialects (was definite/indefinite articles)