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Amigo Enemigo Conmigo


laepelba September 29, 2011 04:37 AM

Amigo Enemigo Conmigo
 
Just pondering - there must be some etymological connection between these words.... Right? Are there others? (Perikles?) :D

Rusty September 29, 2011 07:57 AM

The first two share a common ending that comes from the Latin 'mīcus'.
amīcus
inimīcus

The ending of the first-person comitative 'conmigo' comes from another Latin word, however. 'Conmigo' is actually a combination of two words - Spanish 'con' and Latin-derived 'migo' (from 'mecum' ('with me')). In Latin, the preposition 'cum' ('with') is used postpositionally with the personal pronouns.

The second-person comitative is 'contigo' (from Spanish 'con' + Latin 'tecum' ('with you')), and there is a reflexive third-person form - 'consigo' (from 'con' + 'secum').

laepelba October 16, 2011 04:40 AM

Thanks, Rusty - these connections always help me remember more vocabulary! :) I meant to get back to this thread sooner ... it seems that every school year they have us more and more busy.

Anyway, I stumbled across this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_prepositions#con - and find it interesting that "conosgo" and "convosgo" aren't used.... :)

Rusty October 16, 2011 05:03 AM

You're welcome.

Thanks for the link to the article about prepositions. Every student of Spanish should be able to take something away from it.

laepelba October 16, 2011 05:07 AM

I actually really like all of Wikipedia's grammar articles: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Spanish_grammar

Don José October 16, 2011 07:26 AM

Quote:

it seems that every school year they have us more and more busy.
I think I read somewhere you are a teacher. Does this "us" mean teachers? If so, it is the same in Spain. :(


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