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- From: djbpitt+@pitt.edu (David J Birnbaum)
- Newsgroups: sci.lang
- Subject: Russian syntax (polno)
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- Date: 30 Jul 92 12:38:57 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul29.224806.26059@athena.mit.edu> pesetsk@athena.mit.edu
- (David M Pesetsky) writes:
-
- >>> v Kieve ix bylo polno
- >>> in Kiev them-GEN was-NEUT/SING full-NEUT/SING
- >>
- >>Wrong case (same spelling):
- >> in Kiev them-ACC was-NEUT/SING many
- >
- >I'm not sure you're right here. Suppose instead of "ix" we had an
- >inanimate plural noun, e.g. "jabloko" `apple`. You get genitive, right,
- >not accusative:
- >
- > v Kieve jablok bylo polno
- > GEN
- >
- > *v Kieve jabloka bylo polno
- > ACC
- >
- >Right? If I'm wrong, fine, I'll drown my sorrows in Kvas. But...well
- >you tell me.
-
- A quick glance at the 4-volume academy dictionary confirms that polno
- takes a G complement. So you can make the kvas celebratory.
-
- (But the NApl of 'apple' is jabloki.)
-
- Cheers,
-
- David
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