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Re: Infinitives

From:BP Jonsson <bpj@...>
Date:Tuesday, March 28, 2000, 9:05
At 19:44 27.3.2000 +0100, Raymond Brown wrote:
> > > >Roughly, 'I want that I (should) go'. > >Exactly: 'Telo na 'pao (T = theta) > I-want that I_go [aorist subjunctive] > >Some other examples: >Den bo'rume na 'pame 'simera >not we-can that we_go today (we can't go today) > > 'prepi na Dja'vasete af'to to viv'lio >it_is_necessary that you_read this the book >(you must read this book)
What is _na_ derived from, in classical Greek terms? It looks like a preposition borrowed part and parcel from Slavic. Also, it occurs from your first example that there is still a full form of _Thelo_ "I want", in spite of the future marker _tha_, which AFAIK is from the same source. /BP "Doubt grows with knowledge" -Goethe