Ladino and English/Contrastive Grammar
From LING073
Lad-Eng Tests
- Nouns without Determiners
- (lad) la Espanya → (eng) Spain
(lad) el<det><f> Espanya<np> → (eng) Spain<np>
- (lad) la Gresia → (eng) Greece
(lad) el<det><f> Gresia<np> → (eng) Greece<np>
- Grammatical Gender
- (lad) la estreyeriya → (eng) the stars
(lad) el<det><f> estreyeriya<n><f> → (eng) the<det><def> stars<n>
- (lad) la lingua → (eng) the language
(lad) el<det><f> lingua<n><f> → (eng) the<det><def> language<n>
- Reflexive Verb Order
- (lad) me mires → (eng) you look at me
- (lad) te pario → (eng) she gave birth to you
- (lad) te dio → (eng) she gave you
- Adjective Order
- (lad) los djudios sefardim → (eng) Sephardi Jews
(lad) el<det><m><pl> djudio<n><m><pl> sefardim<adj><m><pl> → (eng) Sephardi<adj><pl> Jews<n><pl>
- (lad) la luz santa → (eng) the holy light
(lad) el<det><f> luz<n><f> santa<adj><f> → (eng) the<det> holy<adj> light<n>