9/18/2023 0 Comments Spanish linguist at mwm![]() ![]() The conditional is built on the imperfect conjugation of haber, so it had the same m/t merger. The singular imperfect endings likewise depended on an m/s/t contrast. For example, the singular forms of the present subjunctive of Latin cantare were cantem, cantes, and cantet, but the final -m and -t were lost. In Latin, all these verb forms had a six-way contrast, but the contrast between 1st and 3rd singular was lost in Spanish because it depended on a final consonant in the Latin form that was lost in the transition to Spanish. This difference is certainly striking, but seems to be a mere historical artifact. ![]() I hope you got my direct email in which I said “hello” back and promised you a later answer to your question. jhochberg Post author 1 December, 2018 at 4:52 pm. ![]() I hope that this enthusiasm comes through in the blog and that we can enjoy Spanish together. Whatever the reason, when I started Spanish classes in 7th grade I knew that I had found my metier, an identification that my later study of other languages and linguistics only intensified. And I look forward to your own comments!įinally, a personal note: I tell my students that El español no está en mi sangre, pero sí está en mi corazón (“Spanish isn’t in my blood, but it’s in my heart.”) Perhaps this is because my father used to practice his high school Spanish with me and my sisters - mostly commands like ¡Acostaos! (“Go to bed!”). I hope that my blog will offer you some new insight into familiar topics. lf you’re just plain crazy about languages, or professionally involved with them, join the club. It will also help you to see your language in a broader context by comparing it to other languages, both related (French, German, Sanskrit) and not (Chinese, Hebrew).
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