gjø: Difference between revisions

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From Middle Radestrian gjo, from Old Radestrian ɣo, inherited from Proto-Radic *ɣo, from Proto-Hirdic *gho, from Proto-Laenkean *g(ʱ)e/o(j?)-. The fronting of the vowel in Modern Radestrian is somewhat unexplained, but it is generally thought to have developed through a medial **gjə. Compare also the dialectal gju. Cognate with Lusetian -u.

gjø

if, whether, introduces the question of a proposition's truth value [with indicative]
Hjei sjelta, gjøș kad devúl.
I don’t know if he’s done it.
even if [with subjunctive]
Stratuos, gjøs rapavú.
We will fight, even if we die.
or, introduces a choice
Gjøn hovend vánu, gjøn bist?
Do you want a cake or what?

Hjei sjelta, gjøș dzard sjínúl, gjøș drávist.
I don’t know if she’s written a song or a book.

This conjunction adopts all personal agreement from the clause verb, leaving the verb in its depersonal form.
- The depersonal form of vat in the indicative non-past is ∅, unless emphatic.

gjø

This particle adopts all personal agreement from the clause verb, leaving the verb in its depersonal form.
- The depersonal form of vat in the indicative non-past is ∅, unless emphatic.

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 === {{Etymology|rad}} ===
-From earlier **<i>gjə</i>,
+From {{inherit|rad|rad-m|gjo}},
-from {{inherit|rad|rad-m|gjo}},
 from {{inherit|rad|rad-o|ɣo}},
 inherited
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 from {{inherit|rad|lnk-pro|g(ʱ)e/o(j?)-}}.
 {{root|rad|lnk-pro|g(ʱ)e/o(j?)-}}
+The fronting of the vowel in Modern Radestrian is somewhat unexplained, but it is generally thought to have developed through a medial {{m|rad|nolink=1|hypo=1|gjə}}. Compare also the dialectal {{m|rad|gju}}.
 {{cog|rad|lus=-u}}.