george.st@... wrote:
> I don't understand a iota. <ala, cela, acela> simply mean
> "that" or better "that one" (that guy, that animal, that thing).
> Whereas <asta, aista, ista, acesta> means "this" + "this one."
> Or: "jener, jene, jenes + der, die, das" vs. "dieser, diese,
> dieses."
> George
the demonstrative pronoun which show someone which is temporaly or
spatialy "far" seems to have the same construction with the locative
adverb which show the temporary or spatialy farness ;
demonstr. pron : cela, acela, ãla
locative adverb: colo, acolo, âncolo
the Germanic example of you shows the same construction:
dem. pron. jener= demonstr. pronoun for someone who is "far"
locative adverb= jenseits, jenzeit,
Of course the German and Romanain words are not deriving from the same
root, but the use is the same here, dies versus jenes, acel versus
acest.
What is the "iota" you do not understand here?
alex