CORRECTION (Can _eve_ take a _-te_ suffix in Macedonian?)
Loren A. Billings
billings at NCNU.EDU.TW
Thu Jan 15 21:29:15 UTC 2004
PLEASE DISREGARD MY EARLIER POST; THE FOLLOWING IS MY CORRECTED QUERY. --L
Dear colleagues,
I'm wondering if _eve_ (a verb-like presentative element that is often
translated into English as 'here!" or 'here you go!' or 'here you are!') can
take the plural suffix _-te_ (as in Russian _na_ to address a single,
familiar person vs. _nate_ to address a stranger or more than one person).
For example, I know that one can say _Eve ti ja_ (here! AgrIO.2sg
AgrDO.3sg.f). Is it possible to say something like _Evete vi ja_ (here!
AgrIO.2pl AgrDO.3sg.f)?
Best, --Loren
Loren A. Billings, Ph.D.
Associate professor of linguistics
Department of Foreign Languages and Literature
National Chi Nan University
Puli, Nantou County 545 Taiwan
E-mail: billings at ncnu.edu.tw
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