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Nik wrote:

> > o ami
> > tu amis
> > al ame
> > o amìn
> > o amais
> > a amin
>
> "O" can mean "I", "we", and "y'all"?  Does the grave on -in indicate
> stress?
'O' doesn't mean 'I', 'we' and 'y'all' (BTW, is Dutch 'julle' a contraction
of *jou alle(n)?). It's a particel you put before the verb. These are very
common also in Northern Italian dialects: in my dialect, to conjugate a
verb, you have to follow this scheme:

(Personal Pronoun) + (Particel) + verb-time-personal ending,
so you can have things like:

(mi)     (a)      canti
1s       ***    sing+1s

(ti)       ta     cantat
2s       2s      sing+2s

(lüü)    al      canta
3s       3s      sing+3s

(nümm)     (a)    cantum
1p            ***    sing+1p

(vialtar)     (a)    cantuf
2p            ***    sing+2p

(luur)        (i)       cantan
3s            3s        sing+3p

So, in a statement as 'ti ta vörat' (you want), you have three elements to
determinate the subject:
the pronoun 'ti'
the particel 'ta'
the desinence '-at'

Isn't it cool? English uses only pronouns!


> > o amàvin
> > o amavis
> > a amavin
>
> What's the distinction between -àvin and -avin pronunciation-wise?
Dunno!!!


Luca Mangiat - Llygan Mulydr (I like this nickname!)