On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 13:49:43 +0000, Glen Gordon <
glengordon01@...>
wrote:
>>Just thinking about something like...
>>
>> */wiros ekwoments e:st/
>> "The man was with horse => The man had a horse"
>
>I guess that should be probably *ekwomo:nts instead, whatever.
I understand neither one. What form is *ekwoments/*ekwomon:nts supposed to
be?
In any case, I'm not aware of any language using such a comitative
possessive contruction. Can you give an example?
The normal way of expressing possession is using a dative (Lat. mihi est)
or some kind of locative (Russ. u menja [jest']):
*/wi:ro:i ek^wos (e-)est/ "to the man was a horse".
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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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