Re: Friuli

From: fournet.arnaud
Message: 54304
Date: 2008-02-29

The language itself is interesting --it looks like a
very early form of French strongly influenced by
Italian. And anyone with a basic knowledge of French
plus another Romance language can read it easily.

Clitic subject pronouns
A feature of Friulian are the clitic subject pronouns.
These, known in Friulian as pleonastics, are never
stressed; they are used together with the verbs to
express the subject, and can be found before the verb
in declarative sentences or immediately after it in
case of interrogative or vocative (otative) sentences.
Weak pronouns
Declaration Question Invocation
I o -io -io
You tu -tu -tu
He al -ial -ial
She e -ie -ie
We o -o -o
You o -o -o
They -a -o -o
An example: jo o lavori means I work; jo lavorio?
means Do I work?, while lavorassio means I wish I
worked.
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This feature does not exist in standard French.
But in dialects, there is a repetition of pronouns
when it's a question.
je suis => je suis-ti ?
tu es => tu es-tu ?
il est => il est-ti ?
etc.
I've read Quebec French does that too.

Arnaud

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