approximative inversion (AI) in Bel and Uk

[Michael Yadroff]

Dear seelangers,

I'd greatly appreciate any replies from the native speakers of
Belorusian and Ukrainian (actually, from anyone with relevant data, -
Wayles?).

My problem is that I've lost a part of my Belorusian and Ukrainian
data on AI, so I'd greatly appreciate it if you could answer my
questions about AI. Actually what I need is just some additional data.

I. Belorusian

(1)a. Try dolary[NOM.PL] (ljazhali na stale) 'Three dollars lay on the desk'
(1)b. Dolary[NOM.PL] try (ljazhali na stale) 'About three dollars ...'

What would the form of 'three (American) dollars' be in the following
sentences?

(2)a. Shtuki[NOM] try ...? (dolary[NOM] ?/ dolarau[GEN]?) 'About
three dollars ...'
(2)b. Try shtuki[NOM] ...? (amerikanskija dolary-NOM?/amerikanskix
dolarau-GEN?)

Perhaps (I.2b) could sound pragmatically awkward with _shtuki_ in the
non-inversed order, but imagine that you want to emphasize something
(say, a pathetic amount of them :)).

(3)a. Chatyry magutnyja traktary (exali pa polju) 'Four powerful tractors ...'
(3)b. Shtuki chatyry ...? (magutnyja traktary-NOM?/magutnyx traktarau-GEN?)

I have a sentence where the genitive morphology appears in the [+human] noun:

(4)a. Chatyry vysokija afice`ry[NOM] (shli mne nasustrach). 'Four
tall officers (...)'
(4)b. Chalaveki chatyry vysokix afice`rau[GEN] (...) 'Approximately
four tall officers ...'

Is this the same in (I.2) and (I.3b) as in (I.4b)?

II. Ukrainian

(1)a. Dva dolary[NOM.PL] 'Two dollars'
(1)b. Dolariv[GEN.PL] dva 'About two dollars'

(2)a. Chotyry amerikan'ski(?)/amerikan'skix(?) dolary
(2)b. Shtuk(?)/shtuki(?) chotyry amerikan'skix dolary(?)/dolariv(?)

I have a sentence with the alternation _shtuk/shuki_ correlating with
verbal morphology:

(3)a. Shtuk[GEN] 4 mogutnix[GEN] traktory[NOM?] ixaly[PL] nazustrich.
(3)b. Shtuki[NOM] 4 mogutnix[GEN] traktory[NOM?] ixalo[SG.N] ...

Is this right? Did I miss something? Did I mess it up? Is this a
proper form for 'tractors' in II.3?

Please excuse my possible misspelling (and please correct it).

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Best,

Misha