Kuba wrote:I hope I understood your question right and could help you. If not, than please elucidate even further...
You understood me perfectly, well done I wasn't as clear as I'd wanted to be. I had previously never heard of the mater lectionis thing though. I guess there's no way to tell when yod/vav is posing as a mater lectionis and when it's actually being a consonant without lots of learning?