ABSTRACT
Most Italo-Romance dialects seem to reflect a historically underlying system similar to the modern central Italian one (Ascrea – see Fanti (1939)) given in Table 8.1:
|
Class One |
|||
|---|---|---|---|
|
Sg. |
Pl. |
||
|
M |
-u |
-i |
|
|
F |
-a |
-e |
|
|
M |
'bbonu̱ |
‘good’ |
'bboni̱ |
|
F |
'bbona̱ |
'bbɔne̱ |
|
|
Class Two |
|||
|---|---|---|---|
|
Sg. |
Pl. |
||
|
M and F |
-e |
-i |
|
|
M |
'kane̱ |
‘dog’ |
'kani̱ |
|
F |
'parte̱ |
‘part’ |
'parti̱ |
|
M and F |
'erde̱ |
‘green’ |
'irdi̱ |
|
Class Three |
|
|---|---|
|
Sg. (always M) |
Pl (always F) |
|
-u |
-a |
|
lu 'piru̱ ‘the pear’ |
le 'pera̱ |
