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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...>
wrote:
>
> I get it. So it's not
> nominal
> -m
> -s
> -t
>
> vs.
>
> verbal
> -m
> -s
> -t
>
>
> but
>
> nominal
> -m
> -z
> -d
>
> vs.
> verbal
> -m
> -s
> -t
>
> Now that's a whole different kettle of fish.
Indeed - provided the apparent differences between -z and -s and
between -d and -t are original and not secondary, a fierce debate I
wouldn't like to reopen. But even if the two sets could be shown to
be absolutely identical, there would hardly be any independent
reason to pair them off along *phonetic* lines. While it could be
argued that the neuter can only be third person, there is nothing
that combines the first person with the accusative, or the second
person with the nominative, in any obvious way I can think of.
Jens