Macedonian native speakers

[Veselin Vackov]

Dear colleagues,
        I would like to ask those of you that have native knowledge of
Macedonian to help me with judgements about the following sentences:

1. Who/what protects whom/what?
 a. the President protects the law              P>Z
 b. the law protects the President              Z>P
 c. the sentence is ambiguous
   (both a. & b. readings are possible)         P=Z
 d. the sentence is ungrammatical               *
 e. the sentence is substandard                 $

        Predsednikot shtiti zakonot.
        Zakonot shtiti predsednikot.
        Predsednikot go shtiti zakonot.
        Zakonot go shtiti predsednikot.
        Predsednikot go shtiti zakon.
        Zakon go shtiti predsednikot.

2. Which sentences are (un)grammatical? Intonation prominence is marked in BOLD
 letters. Mark ungrammaticality by "*", substandard by "$", and other types of
 'strangeness' or unacceptability by "?".

        Zakonot gi shtiti FIRMITE.
        Zakonot gi SHTITI firmite.
        ZAKONOT gi shtiti firmite.

        Firmite zakonot gi SHTITI.
        Firmite ZAKONOT gi shtiti.
        FIRMITE zakonot gi shtiti.

3. Which sentence is more acceptable? Indicate the best one by "1", the
second best by "2", and so on. Use the same grade more times, if
necessary.
        Zakonot SHTITI firmite.
        Firmite gi zakonot SHTITI.
        Firmite zakonot gi SHTITI.
        Firmite gi SHTITI zakonot.
        Zakonot firmite gi SHTITI.
        Zakonot gi firmite SHTITI.
        Zakonot gi SHTITI firmite.
Can you tell way you've mark the above sentences the way you did?
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Thank you VERY much for your time. Please post your answers directly to
me.

Yours,
        Veselin


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Veselin Vackov                  :       Vesselin Vatchkov
Katedra slavistiky              :       Department of Slavonic Studies
Filozoficka Fakulta             :       Faculty of Arts
Univerzity Karlovy              :       Charles University
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