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7. the definite article -та is always accented when added to a feminine noun ending in a consonant,...
имен wrote:7. the definite article -та is always accented when added to a feminine noun ending in a consonant,...
I just want to add that although that final та is stressed, some pronounce it тъ
есента [есент`ъ]
this isnt due to reduction; instead it comes from the old accusative form
имен wrote:Actually it does. Definite articles come from the postpositioned demonstrative pronouns тъ та то. Whereas тъ and то are the same in both nominative and accusative, the accusative of та is тѫ. The reflex of ѫ in standard language in all positions is ъ, so it makes a perfect sense.
gothwolf wrote:имен wrote:Actually it does. Definite articles come from the postpositioned demonstrative pronouns тъ та то. Whereas тъ and то are the same in both nominative and accusative, the accusative of та is тѫ. The reflex of ѫ in standard language in all positions is ъ, so it makes a perfect sense.
I agree with that but isn't it stupid and illogical to take the accusative form of the demonstrative pronoun та to form a feminine definite article and to pronounce it as тѫ no matter in witch case is the noun? I mean if есента is subject still the definite article must be pronounced as the old accusative form of the demonstrative pronoun, or what?
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