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| bio | website | paleografie.tk |
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| location | Amsterdam, The Netherlands | |
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| visits | member for | 1 year, 8 months |
| seen | Jan 24 at 9:58 | |
| stats | profile views | 11 |
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Nov 8 |
awarded | Nice Question |
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Sep 15 |
accepted | Is “ai” in “j'ai” and “finirai” pronounced exactly like “er” in infinitives? |
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Sep 15 |
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Is “ai” in “j'ai” and “finirai” pronounced exactly like “er” in infinitives? @Joubarc: I understand. I was taught in school to pronounce both digraphs exactly the same; but I was hoping there might be very subtle difference or something that might be revealed by reading words out loud (testing portager v. porta j'ai against a friend who should try to tell which one you're pronouncing, something like that). As it appears there is absolutely no difference at all, perhaps the question isn't interesting at all either. In any case, thanks for your answer. |
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Sep 15 |
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Is “ai” in “j'ai” and “finirai” pronounced exactly like “er” in infinitives? @Dave: I would have liked to, but nothing grammatical came up, so I hoped people would just read the words aloud to themselves and assess their pronunciation. If portager is uniquely Quebecois, that might be a problem... |
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Sep 15 |
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Is “ai” in “j'ai” and “finirai” pronounced exactly like “er” in infinitives? deleted 264 characters in body; edited title |
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Sep 14 |
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Substantifs en -tat et -ta : pourquoi les deux suffixes coexistent-ils? You think -της and -tus (II) are etymologically related, or did I misunderstand? I believe the t's (adjectival morpheme) are related, and the s's (nominative morpheme), but not the vowels (different theme vowels?). |
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Sep 14 |
awarded | Critic |
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Sep 14 |
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Etymology of the different uses of “temps?” / L'étymologie des homonymes de “temps” I don't know where Wiktionary got this, but there was no tempus of the second declension in classical Latin: neither Lewis & Short nor the OLD have it. The OLD says tempestas ("bad weather") etc. just come from tempus, temporis, "time, etc.". I really think your second etymology is not right. |
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Sep 13 |
asked | Is “ai” in “j'ai” and “finirai” pronounced exactly like “er” in infinitives? |
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Sep 9 |
revised |
“L’on y danse”: why the article “l’ ”? edited title |
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Sep 9 |
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“L’on y danse”: why the article “l’ ”? Merci beaucoup! Your answer is just as good as Dave's, and your link in fact provides even more information—exactly what I needed! I've already ticked his answer off as accepted, but you both deserve ticks! |
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Sep 8 |
awarded | Student |
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Sep 8 |
awarded | Scholar |
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Sep 8 |
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“L’on y danse”: why the article “l’ ”? Ahh merci beaucoup! That makes sense. This is exactly what I was looking for. I had no idea the t came from te, very interesting. |
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Sep 8 |
accepted | “L’on y danse”: why the article “l’ ”? |
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Sep 8 |
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“L’on y danse”: why the article “l’ ”? @Knu: Je me sens comme tournant tout en rond: Wikipedia anglaise a tous, mais la française a tout! Quoi croire? |
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Sep 8 |
awarded | Talkative |
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Sep 8 |
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“L’on y danse”: why the article “l’ ”? Hah, qu'on sounds rather inappropriate indeed, never thought about that. Thanks for your explanation. Any reason why l was chosen instead of t, as in a-t-il? And is it never le in any other sentence, i.e. does it only ever occur before a vowel? |
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Sep 8 |
awarded | Editor |
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Sep 8 |
revised |
“L’on y danse”: why the article “l’ ”? edited body |
