Latin:
Nom: comes > Nom: li cons/cuens
Acc: comite(m) > Oblique: le comte
The oblique forms ended up as the primary forms used in later stages of French (e.g., la pute's oblique, la putain).
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ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
Les Lais by Marie de France
- 22/03/2013 08:37:20 PM
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Re: Les Lais by Marie de France
- 22/03/2013 10:47:54 PM
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The lai I previously read in the Old French textbook had different spelling.
- 23/03/2013 02:57:15 PM
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Re: The lai I previously read in the Old French textbook had different spelling.
- 23/03/2013 05:20:24 PM
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It would be li gupils/le gupil, most likely (with the plural inverted)
- 24/03/2013 05:16:13 AM
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Re: The lai I previously read in the Old French textbook had different spelling.
- 23/03/2013 05:20:28 PM
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I could add that comte in Old French was li cons
- 27/03/2013 02:48:45 AM
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Re: I could add that comte in Old French was li cons
- 27/03/2013 03:33:30 PM
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It was both, sort of.
- 27/03/2013 06:08:00 PM
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