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Sorry, I'm still half-asleep, and I pushed the send-button too early. > --- John Cowan skrzypszy: > > > > Actually, the Polish conjunctive (or subjunctive, is there any > > > difference?) > > > > No. "Conjunctive" is used in German and langs that get their grammatical > > traditions from German, "subjunctive" ditto from French. Latin itself uses coniunctivus, right? I don't know to what grammatical tradition Wenedyk belongs; a bit of both, I think. But after reading Padraic's messages and peeking into a Polish grammar, I have decided to rename it conditional. > > > Like in "memento mori", right? Was that form still in use during the > > > period of > > > Vulgar Latin/Early Romance? > > > > Very likely not. So, I'm afraid that rules them out as candidates for Wenedyk. Jan ===== "Originality is the art of concealing your source." - Franklin P. Jones __________________________________________________ Yahoo! Plus For a better Internet experience http://www.yahoo.co.uk/btoffer