From: Adam Walker (dreamertwo@hotmail.com)
Date: Mon May 20 2002 - 20:43:28 EST
I've been looking at the paradigms of "to be" in Latin and Romance in a
fruitless attempt to figure out how Cardadjina conjugates this ever so
improtant verb. There seems to be lots of goofiness going on here.
Infinitive
Latin esse
Spanish ser
Portugu. ser
Catalan e'sser
French e^tre
Occitan e`sser
Italian essere
Sardini. essere
R-R (Sur) e`sser
Rumanian a fi
Sicilian essiri
Present
1st sg.
Lat. sum
Spa. soy
Por. sou
Cat. so'(c)
Fre. suis
Occ. soi
Ita. sono
Sar. so`e
R-R. sun
Rom. si^nt
Sic. sugnu
Pres 2nd sg
Lat. es
Spa. eres
Por. e's
Cat. ets
Fre. es
Occ. e's
Ita. sei
Sar. ses
R-R. eis
Rum. es,ti
Sic. si
Pres 3rd sg
Lat. est
Spa. es
Por. e'
Cat. e's
Fre. est
Occ. es
Ita. e'
Sar. est
R-R. ei
Rum. e(ste)
Sic. e'
Pres 1st pl
Lat. sumus
Spa. somos
Por. somos
Cat. som
Fre. sommes
Occ. se'm
Ita. siamo
Sar. semus
R-R. essan
Rum. si^ntem
Sic. semu
Pres 2nd pl
Lat. estis
Spa. sois
Por. sois
Cat. sou
Fre. e^tes
Occ. se'tz
Ita. siete
Sar. sedzis
R-R. essas
Rum. si^ntet,i
Sic. siti
Pres. 3rd pl
Lat. sunt
Spa. son
Por. sa(tilde)o
Cat. so'n
Fre. sont
Occ. son
Ita. sono
Sar. sun
R-R. ein
Rum. si^nt
Sic. si/sunnu
While many of these Romance terms are clearly derived from the Latin word,
many others are clearly NOT and some I'm just not quite sure about.
It would seem that only 6 of the infinitives (Cat. Occ. Ita. Sard. R-R and
Sic.) come from the Latin infinitive. Whence do the otheres derive?
With the Present 1st sg it looks like 6 come from sum.
With the 2nd sg and 2nd pl it looks like only 2 come from the Latin.
I'm assuming that the others are suppletive forms and not out right
coinages. Which verms do the other forms come from???
Adam
So lift the cup of joy and take a big drink.
In spite of it all it's a beautiful world.
-------Suzanne Knutzen
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