Subjunctive _by_ in Polish

Loren A. Billings BILLINGS at PUCC.BITNET
Mon Nov 13 21:57:57 UTC 1995


Dear colleagues,

I am interested in the constituent order of the subjunctive particle _by_
in Polish, as in the following example:

     Bo by drukarza zabyto.

Here the constituent _by_ seems to be in second position.  I have found other
examples, however, in which _by_ seems to follow the verb:

     tan'czonoby (unfortunately only a single word)
     s'piewanoby (  "  )

Can anyone clarify?  Best,  --Loren Billings (billings at mailer.fsu.edu)



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