Re: Morphology (1/20)

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "mbikqyres <a96_aeu@...>"
<a96_aeu@...> wrote:

> --- 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

Swedish had 2.pl. -n, the origin of (-n I >) <ni> "ye". No trace in
Danish or Norwegian. Also old imper. pl. -n (Danish -r).

Torsten