CORRECTION (Can _eve_ take a _-te_ suffix in Macedonian?)

Nina Olkova bokuryonok at YAHOO.COM
Sat Jan 17 04:34:57 UTC 2004


No. "Eve vi go adresotot."

Sincerely,
Nina Olkova

--- "Loren A. Billings" <billings at NCNU.EDU.TW> wrote:
> 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

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