Filling in some gaps...

[seitokojiro]

the preterite presents seem right. what you have reconstructed 
as 'hwe' and 'hweh' should probably be 'hwize' and 'hwizeh', because 
the articles are not 'the', they are 'thize'.

--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "gutrazda" <gutrazda at ...> wrote:
>
> I've been trying to fill in some of the gaps in the grammar, just to
> be excessive. Now, I'm sure some of these forms wouldn't have any 
real
> use, or even make much sense if they were used, but humour me 
please.
> 
> Given that "twans hwanzuh" is attested, I've reconstructed the forms
> of hwas and hwazuh as follows:
> ---
> hwas ?hwai?
> hwana hwans
> hwis ?hwe?
> hwamma ?hwaim?
> 
> hwa hwo?
> hwa hwo?
> hwis hwe?
> hwamma hwaim?
> instrumental:hwe
> 
> hwo ?hwos
> hwo ?hwos
> hwizos ?hwizo
> hwizai ?hwaim
> ---
> 
> hwazuh ?hwaih
> hwanoh hwanzuh
> hwizuh ?hweh
> hwammeh ?hwaimeh
> 
> hwah ?hwoh
> hwah ?hwoh
> hwizuh ?hweh
> hwammeh ?hwaimeh
> 
> hwoh ?hwozuh
> hwoh ?hwozuh
> hwizozuh ?hwizoh
> hwizaih ?hwaimeh
> ------------
> 
> And then mannhun:
> 
> mannahun ?mannanshun/manshun
> mannanhun ?mannanshun/manshun
> manshun ?mannehun
> mannhun ?mannamhun 
> 
> -------------
> 
> And the preterite-presents:
> 
> witan wait witum wissa wiss
> lisan* lais lisum* lista lists
> dugan* daug dugum* dauhta* dauhts*
> kunnan kann kunnum kuntha kunths*
> þaurban þarf þaurbum þaurfta þaurfts
> gadaursan gadars gadaursum gadaursta gadaursts*
> skulan skal skulum skulda skulds
> munan man munum munda munds
> binauhan* binah binauhum* binauhta* binauhts
> ganauhan* ganah ganauhum* ganauhta* ganauhts*
> gamotan gamot gamotum* gamosta gamosts*
> ogan*/agan* og ogum* ohta ohts*
> magan mag magum mahta mahts
> aigan/aihan aih/aig aigum/aihum aihta aihts*
> --------------
> 
> How do these look? If these forms existed, would they be correct? I
> can at least imagine someone using the plural forms of mannahun just
> as a matter of style:
> 
> "Nist mannahun saei..."
> "Ni sind mannanshun þaiei..."
> 
> Anyway, any proofreading quick proofreading of the paradigms would 
be
> appreciated. Or if you just want to tell me that I'm crazy for 
caring
> about the plural of "what".
>


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