Re:In Defense of Latin
by guiraldelli on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @07:57AM
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All of those, which can be applied to prefixed verbs [1], such as the ones below derived from the verb "valgyti" (to eat) [2]:
antsivalgyti - (with genitive) to eat one's fill (of); to fill up (on)
apvalgyti - (with accusative) to eat (someone) out of house and home
įvalgyti - to be able to eat up; to be able to consume
išvalgyti - to eat up; to devour; to eat away
pravalgyti - to spend (one's money) on food
privalgyti - to eat one's fill
suvalgyti - to eat up; to consume
užvalgyti - to eat a snack
Re:In Defense of Latin
by umanwizard on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @10:16AM
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But you gave English translations for all of those examples. So they don’t actually show that Lithuanian is more expressive than English.
valgąs — present active participle
valgęs — past active participle
valgydavęs — frequentative past active participle
valgysiąs — future active participle
valgomas — present passive participle
valgytas — past passive participle
valgysimas — future passive participle
valgant — adverbial present active participle
valgius — adverbial past active participle
valgydavus — adverbial frequentative past active participle
valgysiant — adverbial future active participle
valgydamas — special adverbial present active participle
valgytinas — participle of necessity
The approximate meanings:
valgąs — 'the one who is eating'
valgęs — 'the one who ate; has eaten; was eating'
valgydavęs — 'the one who used to eat'
valgysiąs — 'the one who will be eating'
valgomas — 'something that is being eaten'
valgytas — 'something that has been eaten'
valgysimas — 'something which will be eaten'
valgant — 'while eating'
valgius — 'after having eaten'
valgydavus — 'after having eaten repeatedly'
valgysiant — 'having to eat'
valgydamas — 'eating'
valgytinas — 'something to be eaten'
Taken from http://www.lituanus.org/1984_3/84_3_05.htm