Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

ya sea como

English translation:

either... or

Added to glossary by zabrowa
Nov 10, 2007 08:56
16 yrs ago
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Spanish term

ya sea como

Spanish to English Science Linguistics Aymara
La misma forma nominal puede servir de complemento cero en una oración y como complemento/relacional en otra. Hay verbos que pueden tomar una forma
nominal determinada ya sea como complemento cero o como complemento o relacional –ru, como en los siguientes pares de oraciones:
Mark_ sar.ta. ‘Fui al pueblo’. (complemento cero)
Marka.ru.w sar.ta. ‘Fui al pueblo’. (relacional –ru)
Khit.s thaq.i. ‘¿A quién buscó él? (complemento cero)
Jupa.ru.t thaq.ta. ‘¿A él lo busca Ud.?’
(complemento –ru) –ti sufijo oracional

The same noun form may serve as a zero complement in one sentence and be a complement/relational morpheme in another. There are verbs the may take a certain nominal form ...
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either... or

There are verbs the may take a certain nominal form, either as a zero complement or ...



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verbs ** that may take **, sorry
Peer comment(s):

agree moken : :O)
4 mins
thanks
agree Jim Tucker (X) : nice - would use "determined nominal form"; "certain"is ambiguous and probably not usable here
18 mins
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agree Parrot : "whether as... or" is another possibility
1 hr
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agree Adriana Penco
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agree veroe
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agree Mónica Algazi : Y también coincido con Parrot.
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agree Mapi
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agree Cristina Santos
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agree Anne Smith Campbell : Also agree with Parrot and Mónica.
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agree MarinaM
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agree Rosina Peixoto
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agree Sandra Rodriguez
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agree Aïda Garcia Pons
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agree Maria523
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agree Muriel Vasconcellos
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agree Pilar Díez
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agree Fabio Costantino
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