From: Eric Christopherson (raccoon@elknet.net)
Date: Mon Jan 15 2001 - 10:28:44 EST
On Fri, Jan 05, 2001 at 05:25:22PM -0800, Barry Garcia wrote:
Hi, Barry. I was wondering what the etymology of a few of your conjunctions
is. I know they're close to Spanish, but I'm mystified as to where they came
from in Spanish:
> pero /pero/ - but (not nearly as popular in usage as mas)
(Actually, I've read this comes from <per hoc>, but how/why that would mean
"but" I don't know)
> sino /sino/ - but, rather, except
> pol /pol/ - for
> **pora que /pora ke/ - so that
^ Is <pora> a conjunction of pol + a, or something separate? And is it
pretty much like <para> in Spanish? (And where did <para> come from?)
-- Eric Christopherson / *Aiworegs Ghristobhorosyo
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