Paul J Kriha wrote:
Sericinus hunter <serhunt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Marc Adler wrote:
On Dec 11, 12:38 am, "Paul J Kriha" <paul.nospam.kr...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
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Are you sure your Russian "Pavlin dom" wasn't a house
belonging to a female?
Pretty sure. I think Sericinus is Russian, and he's the one that gave
the examples with male names.
Well, it can be. But we would need to invent a female name
Pavlya or Pavla for that.
First, I haven't even thought of male names like Petya
only true female names Petra, Pavla, etc which would
also take -in possesive.
There are no such names in Russian.
How would Russian handle Pavko?
Unlike Petya there is a hard consonant "k" in Pavko.
AFAIR both Pavko and Pavka exist.
Maybe, but I never heard of Pavko. "Pavkin dom" is what it will be.
"Pavki dom"? or is it also "Pavkin dom"?
When I say "Pavki dom" I know I am completely under
the influence of WSl "Pavky du'm".
You can say "dom Pavki", just like "dom Pavla". Inversion is
possible too but it would not sound normal in everyday speech.
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