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ya sea como

English translation: either... or

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Spanish term or phrase:ya sea como
English translation:either... or
Entered by: zabrowa

08:56 Nov 10, 2007
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Science - Linguistics / Aymara
Spanish term or phrase: ya sea como
La misma forma nominal puede servir de complemento cero en una oración y como complemento/relacional en otra. Hay verbos que pueden tomar una forma
nominal determinada ya sea como complemento cero o como complemento o relacional –ru, como en los siguientes pares de oraciones:
Mark_ sar.ta. ‘Fui al pueblo’. (complemento cero)
Marka.ru.w sar.ta. ‘Fui al pueblo’. (relacional –ru)
Khit.s thaq.i. ‘¿A quién buscó él? (complemento cero)
Jupa.ru.t thaq.ta. ‘¿A él lo busca Ud.?’
(complemento –ru) –ti sufijo oracional

The same noun form may serve as a zero complement in one sentence and be a complement/relational morpheme in another. There are verbs the may take a certain nominal form ...
zabrowa
Local time: 18:56
either... or
Explanation:
There are verbs the may take a certain nominal form, either as a zero complement or ...



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Note added at 28 minute (2007-11-10 09:24:36 GMT)
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verbs ** that may take **, sorry
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Oana Duta
Local time: 19:56
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either... or


Explanation:
There are verbs the may take a certain nominal form, either as a zero complement or ...



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Note added at 28 minute (2007-11-10 09:24:36 GMT)
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verbs ** that may take **, sorry

Oana Duta
Local time: 19:56
Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  moken: :O)
4 mins
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agree  Jim Tucker (X): nice - would use "determined nominal form"; "certain"is ambiguous and probably not usable here
18 mins
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agree  Parrot: "whether as... or" is another possibility
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agree  Adriana Penco
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agree  veroe
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agree  Mónica Algazi: Y también coincido con Parrot.
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agree  Mapi
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agree  Cristina Santos
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agree  Anne Smith Campbell: Also agree with Parrot and Mónica.
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agree  MarinaM
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agree  Rosina Peixoto
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agree  Sandra Rodriguez
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agree  Aïda Garcia Pons
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agree  Maria523
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agree  Muriel Vasconcellos
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agree  Pilar Díez
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agree  Fabio Costantino
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