[Lexicog] little words...

[Julius Becker]

Hey Hayim Sheynin,

thank you very much for your e-mail.

With my grandmother's help, I'm able to transcribe the Russian words into
kyrillic. Well, her Russian is kind of rusty, that's why I want to
double-check if the transcription is right.

что-то ('something' – nominative)
чего-то ('something' – genitive)
чему-то ('something' – dative)
что-то ('something' – accusative)
чом-то ('something' – ablative)
чём-то ('something' – instrumental)

кто-то ('someone' – nominative)
кого-то ('someone' – genitive)
кому-то ('someone' – dative)
кого-то ('someone' – accusative)
кем-то ('someone' – ablative)
ком-то ('someone' – instrumental)

Question: My grandmother felt like (she isn't sure at all) -либо could also
be used instead of -то (-> что-либо, кто-либо etc.). Is this right?

And a final question: Those forms look very short. Are there any abbreviated
forms?

Julius Becker

2006/11/4, Hayim Sheynin <hsheynin19444 at yahoo.com>:
>
>   "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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