Re: [tied] latin esse

Piotr Gasiorowski wrote:

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> From: "alex_lycos" <altamix@...>
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> Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2003 9:11 AM
> Subject: Re: [tied] latin esse
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>>>> eram ,eras ,erat ,eramus ,eratis ,erant
>>>> Are they with long /e/ or with short /e /?
>>>
>>> All short
>>
>>
>> Thank you Miguel
>> In some messages ago you and Piotr told me about the stress in
>> Latin.I have to check but I suppose the stress is always on "e" in
>> these words Once again, thank you
>
> No, it's on /e/ in <éram>, <éra:s>, <érat> and <érant>, but in
> trisyllabic <erá:mus> and <erá:tis> the long-vowelled penultimate
> syllable attracts stress. Do check the rules again
>
> Piotr

The trisyllabic words became twosyllabic after the lost of final
consonant, don't they?
In this case, even there the accent must changed.
anyway, there is a bit trouble with this "m" final which sometimes is
lost sometimes not.
Latin:
eram , eras, erat, eramus, eratis, erant
Romanian:
eram, erai, era, eram, eratsi, erau

The literar way to write is not quiet correct since the "e" is in fact
an "ie" with a very weak "i". The hypercorrection made tough an "e" of
it.( trough the education given in the school, I guess.)