On Tue, 17 Jun 2003 21:32:32 +0200, alex <
alxmoeller@...> wrote:
>BTW how you would derive the demonstrative pronoun from Latin ?
Cast. Cat. Rom.
"this" este, esta aquest, aquesta acest, aceastã (ãst, astã)
"that" aquel, aquella aquell, aquella acel, acea
Clearly, these forms are derived from a common prototype, which is
obviously Latin: iste, ista "this", ille, illa "that", reinforced with the
deictic particle *accu- (in French ecce-, in Occitan and Rhaetic both ecce-
and *accu-).
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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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