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<jimregan> animacy in Polish is kind of the extreme |
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<jimregan> but Kashubian and the Sorbians come close |
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<jimregan> animacy only comes in on masculine nouns |
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<jimregan> animate nouns: |
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<jimregan> all Slavic languages: |
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<jimregan> the accusative singular of masculine nouns is the same as the genitive |
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<jimregan> (ends in -a) |
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<jimregan> in Polish |
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<jimregan> nominative plural, nouns referring to people |
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<jimregan> (well, adjectives, verbs, etc.) |
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<jimregan> have a form with a stem change |
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<jimregan> Polak, Polacy |
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<jimregan> but |
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<jimregan> in Russian and Ukrainian, maybe Belarusian |
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<jimregan> *all* animate nouns, regardless of gender, have an accusative form the same as the genitive in *both* singular and plural |
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<spectie> and it is important for agreement ? |
<spectie> and it is important for agreement ? |
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<jimregan> yes |
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<jimregan> ten Polak; widzę tego Polaka; ci Polacy mówią |
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<jimregan> ten Polak był, ci Polacy byli |
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Revision as of 14:41, 20 September 2010
Example 1:
Czech: Otec četl knihu.
Lith.: Tėvas skaitė knygą.
Russ.: отец читает книгу.
Father(nom.) read(3sg., past) book(acc.)
Bulg.: Баща чете книга
Example 2:
Czech: Knihu četl otec.
Lith.: Knygą skaitė tėvas.
Russ.: книгу читает отец.
Book(acc.) read(3sg., past) father(nom.)
Bulg.: Баща чете книга
Example 3:
Lith.: Radek, iš kur tu?
Slov.: Radek, od kod si? ('si' = 'you are')
Russ.: Радек, откуда ты?
Poli.: Radek, skąd pochodzisz? ('pochodzisz' = 'you come')
Bulg.:
'Radek, where are you from ?'
Example 4:
Latv.: vīrs sarkanu bārdu
Slov.: mož z rdečo brado
Czec.: muž s červenými vousy
Russ.: мужчина с рыжей бородой
Bulg.:
Engl.: a man with a red beard
Example 5:
Latv.: meitene zilām acīm
Slov.: punca z modrimi očmi
Czec.: dívka s modrými očima
Russ.: девочка с голубыми глазами
Bulg.:
Engl.: a girl with blue eyes
Example 6:
Lith.: mergaitė valgo obuolį
Russ.: девочка ест яблоко
Slov.: dekle je jabolko
Czec.: dívka jí jablko
Bulg.:
Engl.: a girl eats an apple
Example 7:
Lith.: berniukas piešė katiną
Russ.: мальчик нарисовал кошку
Slov.: fant je narisal mačko
Czec.: Chlapec nakreslil kočku
Bulg.:
Engl.: a boy drew a cat
Example 8:
Lith.: kas nori pieno?
Russ.: кто хочет молока?
Slov.: kdo hoče mleko?
Czec.: kdo chce mléko?
Bulg.:
Engl.: who wants some milk?
Example 9:
Lith.: jis nori arbatos
Russ.: он хочет чая
Slov.: on hoče čaj
Czec.: On chce čaj
Bulg.:
Engl.: he wants some tea
Example 10:
Lith.: ji parašė draugei laišką
Russ.: она написала письмо другу
Slov.: napisala je pismo za prijatelja
Czec.: napsala dopis příteli
Bulg.:
Engl.: she has written a letter for a friend
Animacy in Slavic languages
<spectie> and it is important for agreement ?
Further reading
- P. Homola, V. Kuboň (2004) "A Translation Model For Languages of Acceding Countries". Proceedings of EAMT Workshop La Valetta, Malta
