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They also depend on whether numbers or letters are used for days and years.
 
They also depend on whether numbers or letters are used for days and years.
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=== Genitive possessive form ===
   
 
Jim says: [year]eko [month]aren [day]a(n) seems to be the most
 
Jim says: [year]eko [month]aren [day]a(n) seems to be the most
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(possible postpositions: -an (inessive), -ko (genitive locative), -ra (adlative), -tik (ablative))
 
(possible postpositions: -an (inessive), -ko (genitive locative), -ra (adlative), -tik (ablative))
   
There is an alternative form to date a document:
 
   
Maiatzak 3, 2011 (uses ergative)
 
   
 
There are also variations on punctuation.
 
There are also variations on punctuation.
   
Here is what the standard says: [http://www.euskaltzaindia.net/dok/arauak/Araua_0037.pdf Data nola adierazi ]
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Here is what the standard says: [http://www.euskaltzaindia.net/dok/arauak/Araua_0037.pdf Data nola adierazi], but no mention of other than absolutive and inessive.
   
 
There is a wikipedia page: http://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data
 
There is a wikipedia page: http://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data
   
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=== Ergative construction ===
I have to research this better --[[User:Mlforcada|Mlforcada]]
 
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There is an alternative form to date a document or to use as an "absolute" construction (meaning something like ''The month (having) so many days''
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Maiatzak 3, 2011 (uses ergative)
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[[Category:Basque to English]]
 
[[Category:Basque to English]]

Revision as of 15:22, 12 May 2011

See also

On the format of dates

(Braindump)

Basque dates have different formats. Mikel has to check a recent thesis at IXA group on the subject.

They also depend on whether numbers or letters are used for days and years.

Genitive possessive form

Jim says: [year]eko [month]aren [day]a(n) seems to be the most common, and he guesses other postpositions are possible.

They are! Maiatzaren 10eko

Examples:

1926ko apirilaren 21a : 21 de abril de 1926

and

1926ko apirilaren 21an : el 21 de abril de 1926

So:

YYYY(e)ko MM(a)ren DD+article[+postpositions]

(possible postpositions: -an (inessive), -ko (genitive locative), -ra (adlative), -tik (ablative))


There are also variations on punctuation.

Here is what the standard says: Data nola adierazi, but no mention of other than absolutive and inessive.

There is a wikipedia page: http://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data

Ergative construction

There is an alternative form to date a document or to use as an "absolute" construction (meaning something like The month (having) so many days

Maiatzak 3, 2011 (uses ergative)