Re: Morphology (1/20)

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:

> Albanian has a peculiar ending -ni in the 2 pl. It is tempting to

see in it a

> continuation of Hittite -teni, but given the existence of -të or -

ët in

> non-present forms (pointing to plain extra-Anatolian *-te), an

origin in

> agglutinated *-nu: "now" (Rasmussen) is probably preferrable.

Only if it helps.
There is an Albanian form used in spoken language which takes these
shapes (sometimes depending on the dialect): <një>, <nje(h)>, <nji>,
<ni(h)>, <qe> used in the meaning "(t)here you have it, right here,
right now", of the same meaning as <ja>.

Alvin