Difference between revisions of "Sardinian and English/Contrastive Grammar"
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*Difference #1: Sardinian requires a determiner before a noun in some instances for which English does not use a determiner before a noun. | *Difference #1: Sardinian requires a determiner before a noun in some instances for which English does not use a determiner before a noun. | ||
*:Example #1: Su sardu est una limba antica. → Sardinian is an ancient language. | *:Example #1: Su sardu est una limba antica. → Sardinian is an ancient language. | ||
*:Example #2: Sa Frantza est uno paìsu bellu. → France is a beautiful country. | *:Example #2: Sa Frantza est uno paìsu bellu. → France is a beautiful country. | ||
| − | *Difference #2: | + | *Difference #2: The posessive pronoun comes after the noun in Sardinian rather than before the noun as is the case in English. |
| − | *:Example #1: | + | *:Example #1: Appo pèrditu duos de sos libros meos. → I have lost two of my books. |
| − | *:Example #2: | + | *:Example #2: |
| − | *Difference #3: | + | *Difference #3: "The" does not change form in English, but "su" in Sardinian must agree with the noun which it precedes in number and gender. |
*:Example #1: | *:Example #1: | ||
*:Example #2: | *:Example #2: | ||
| − | *Difference #4: | + | *Difference #4: For most uses/conjugations of verbs in Sardinian, the verb stands on its own without a personal pronoun, while in English personal pronouns always precede any conjugated verbs. |
*:Example #1: | *:Example #1: | ||
*:Example #2: | *:Example #2: | ||
Revision as of 01:48, 1 May 2023
Differences in parse and corresponding examples
note to self: need to format examples with tags and stuff
- Difference #1: Sardinian requires a determiner before a noun in some instances for which English does not use a determiner before a noun.
- Example #1: Su sardu est una limba antica. → Sardinian is an ancient language.
- Example #2: Sa Frantza est uno paìsu bellu. → France is a beautiful country.
- Difference #2: The posessive pronoun comes after the noun in Sardinian rather than before the noun as is the case in English.
- Example #1: Appo pèrditu duos de sos libros meos. → I have lost two of my books.
- Example #2:
- Difference #3: "The" does not change form in English, but "su" in Sardinian must agree with the noun which it precedes in number and gender.
- Example #1:
- Example #2:
- Difference #4: For most uses/conjugations of verbs in Sardinian, the verb stands on its own without a personal pronoun, while in English personal pronouns always precede any conjugated verbs.
- Example #1:
- Example #2:
- Difference #5:
- Example #1:
- Example #2:,,
