[tied] Re: IE subjunctive

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

> The only IE languages I can think of that distinguish
> between affirmative and negative (not in mood but in case
> and aspect) are the Slavic languages. For instance, in
> Polish:
>
> mam czas "I have time" (czas = Acc.)
> nie mam czasu "I have no time" (czasu = Gen.)
>
> zrób to! "do that!" (perfective)
> nie rób to! "don't do that" (imperfective).
>

The same in Lithuanian:

_turiù dárbaN_ 'I have something to do; I'm employed'
_neturiù dárbo_ 'I have nothing to do; I'm unemployed'

_padarýk tai~_ (in dialects also _padarýk tãN_) 'do that!'
_nedarýk tõ!_ 'don't do that'

(in the latter case both case and aspect are employed).

Sergei