Apr 4, 2004 13:23
20 yrs ago
English term
John Lemon
be, death, do, food, god, have, house, book, five, and, it, know, love, she
Non-PRO
English to Lithuanian
Art/Literary
Folklore
linguistics
I am preparing a list of basic words for a comparative linguistics project.
Proposed translations
(Lithuanian)
| 5 | be - būti, etc |
diana bb
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Proposed translations
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be - būti, etc
be - būti (verb)
death - mirtis (noun)
do - daryti (verb)
food - maistas (noun)
god - dievas (noun)
have - turėti (verb)
house - namas (noun)
book - knyga (noun)
five - penki (numeral)
and - ir (conjunction)
it - tai (pronoun)
know - žinoti (verb)
love - meilė (noun); mylėti (verb)
she - ji (prounoun)
All verbs given in their infinitive form, nouns, the numeral and prounouns - in the nominative case.
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Note added at 2004-04-04 13:40:10 (GMT)
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Should be \'pronouns\', sorry
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Note added at 2004-04-04 13:45:24 (GMT)
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\'Tai\' is one of the forms of nominal pronouns that are classed as neuters, Its antecedent is usually a phrase, a sentence a longer piece of text, but not a noun. This pronoun is not inflected for number or case.
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Note added at 2004-04-04 13:48:00 (GMT)
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\'Tai\' is one of the forms of nominal pronouns that are classed as neuters, Its antecedent is usually a phrase, a sentence a longer piece of text, but not a noun. This pronoun is not inflected for number or case.
death - mirtis (noun)
do - daryti (verb)
food - maistas (noun)
god - dievas (noun)
have - turėti (verb)
house - namas (noun)
book - knyga (noun)
five - penki (numeral)
and - ir (conjunction)
it - tai (pronoun)
know - žinoti (verb)
love - meilė (noun); mylėti (verb)
she - ji (prounoun)
All verbs given in their infinitive form, nouns, the numeral and prounouns - in the nominative case.
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Note added at 2004-04-04 13:40:10 (GMT)
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Should be \'pronouns\', sorry
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Note added at 2004-04-04 13:45:24 (GMT)
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\'Tai\' is one of the forms of nominal pronouns that are classed as neuters, Its antecedent is usually a phrase, a sentence a longer piece of text, but not a noun. This pronoun is not inflected for number or case.
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Note added at 2004-04-04 13:48:00 (GMT)
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\'Tai\' is one of the forms of nominal pronouns that are classed as neuters, Its antecedent is usually a phrase, a sentence a longer piece of text, but not a noun. This pronoun is not inflected for number or case.
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Comment: "Thanks. It was a big help.
John Lemon"
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