139,487
edits
Verse:Irta/Judeo-Mandarin/Ballmer: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
m
Verse:Irta/Judeo-Mandarin/Ballmer (view source)
Revision as of 11:16, 17 December 2021
, 17 December 2021no edit summary
mNo edit summary Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit |
mNo edit summary Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit |
||
| Line 9: | Line 9: | ||
** gimel rafe and native ''gh'' are [g] | ** gimel rafe and native ''gh'' are [g] | ||
* It has lost gender and grammatical mutations and mutation has lexicalized to the form that came after the definite article. h- is still added to vowel initial plural nouns but not adjectives. | * It has lost gender and grammatical mutations and mutation has lexicalized to the form that came after the definite article. h- is still added to vowel initial plural nouns but not adjectives. | ||
* Balmuriș gained an animacy distinction: noun plurals are regularly -ing (< - | * Balmuriș gained an animacy distinction: noun plurals are regularly -ing (< -ug-n < *-óg-anna) if inanimate, -(ă)n if animate. Animate singular nouns always take the definite article ''ănd'' while the inanimate singular article is ''ă'' before a consonant and ''ăn'' before a vowel. | ||
** ănd břeythin 'the judge', nă břeythinăn 'the judges' | ** ănd břeythin 'the judge', nă břeythinăn 'the judges' | ||
** ănd leynăv 'the child', nă leynăvn 'the children' | ** ănd leynăv 'the child', nă leynăvn 'the children' | ||