[Lexicog] little words...

[Hayim Sheynin]

"something"  in Russian chto-to (Nom. and Acc.)
                                                chego-to (Gen.)
                                                chemu-to (Dat.)
                                                chem-to (Instr.)
                                               chyom-to (Abl.)

"somebody"  in Russian  kto-to (Nom.)
                                                kogo-to (Gen. and Acc.)
                                                komu-to (Dat.)
                                                kem-to (Instr. or Casus agentis)
                                                kom-to (Abl.)

"something"  in Hebrew   mashehu (n.)
                                                 shel mashehu (Gen.)
                                                 le-mashehu or el mashehu (Dat. & (directionis)                                                            be-mashehu (Instr. or Casus agentis & Locat.)
                                                al mashehu (Abl.)
 
 "somebody"  in Hebrew   mishehu (m., Nom. & Acc.)
                                                mishehi (f., Nom. & Acc.)
                                                 for indirect cases to this words should be added 
                                     prepositions as above in the case of "mashehu",
                                                only for Casus agentis instead of prep. be-
                                                should be added "bidei" or "al yedei".

Hayim Sheynin


koocachoo_de <julius.becker at gmail.com> wrote:                                  Hey at all!
 
 As I posted a while ago, I'm working on a markup language (ML) for
 dictionaries (http://gml.gidoo.de/). In this ML, I have elements that
 replace common words in dictionaries. Like "en.sth" for "something".
 The advantage is, that the user can decide whether he likes to see
 "something" or "sth" or whatever.
 
 What I've got so far:
 
 English
 - en.sb  somebody (sb)
 - en.sth something (sth)
 
 French
 - fr.qc  quelque chose (qc, qqc)
 - fr.qn  quelqu'un (qn, qqn)
 
 German
 - de.etw etwas (et, etw)
 - de.j   jemand (j)
 - de.j-m jemandem (j-m)
 - de.j-n jemanden (j-n)
 
 Since there a lot more languages, I'm turning to you: What do
 "something" and "somebody" mean on other languages?
 
 Thanks in advance!
 
 Julius Becker
 
 
     
                       

 	
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