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Variant V

Part I.

 

Subject: The Indo-European Family of Languages. Germanic languages.

Instructions: Basing on the Grimm’s law, explain the correspondences of underlined sounds in the following words of the common root from Germanic and non-Germanic Indo-European languages.

Tasks: Explanations:
1. Greek treis à English three  
2. Greek dÀka à English ten  

 

 

Part II.

Subject: The Old English Period

Instructions: Provide grammatical analysis of the suggested elements from the sentence below:

o Nouns — define the declension type (strong or weak), number, case.

o Adjectives — define the declension type (strong or weak), number, case, gender, degree of comparison.

o Verbs — strong or weak type, define tense, aspect, mood, person, number.

o Pronouns — class, if possible, person, number, case.

Translate the sentence in Modern English.

 

Hē sǣde þæt hē æt sumum ċirre wolde fandian hū longe þæt land norþryhte lǣġe, oþþe hwæðer ǣniġ mon benorðan þǣm wēstenne būde.

 

secgan - (verb) say

sum – (pronoun) a certain

æt – (prepos. with dat. or acc.) at

ċirr – (noun, masc.) occasion.

willan – (anomalous verb) wish

fandian – (verb, usually with gen. object) discover

hū – (adv.) how

longe– (adv.) long

land– (noun, neuter) land

norþryhte– (adv.) northwards.

licgan- (verb) lie

oððe – (conj.) or

hwæðer – (conj.) whether.

ǣniġ – (adj.) any

man, mon – (noun, masculine consonantal) man

benorðan – (prep.)to the north of

wēsten – (noun, neuter) wilderness

būan – (anomalous verb with strong pres. and past part. and weak past) dwell; inhabit

 

Word as used in the text Form, notes Corresponding ModE word
3. sǣde    
4. sumum    
5. ċirre    
6. wolde    
7. lǣġe    
8. ǣniġ    
9. mon    
10. þǣm    
11. wēstenne    
12. Modern English translation:  

 

Part III.

Subject: The Middle English period

Instructions: Read the passage in Middle English, analyze the part in bold and do the tasks below.

 

From The Canterbury Tales:

The Clerk's Prologue

lines 1-14: The Host asks the Clerk to tell a tale

 

 

About The Clerk's Prologue and Tale:

The Host asks the Clerk of Oxford to narrate a tale in plain style. The Clerk announces a tale that he has learned from another clerk.

The Clerk's tale is about a marquis called Walter. Lord Walter is a bachelor who is asked by his subjects to marry in order to provide a heir. Lord Walter assents and marries a poor girl called Griselda. After some time, Walter starts testing Griselda's patience. Ultimately, the clerk's tale is about unconditional female submissiveness.

 

Heere folweth the Prologe of the Clerkes Tale of Oxenford.

 

Middle English text Modern English translation
"Sire Clerk of Oxenford," oure Hooste sayde, "Ye ryde as coy and stille as dooth a mayde, Were newe spoused, sittynge at the bord. This day ne herde I of youre tonge a word. 5 I trowe ye studie about som sophyme; But Salomon seith, `every thyng hath tyme.' For Goddes sake, as beth of bettre cheere; It is no tyme for to studien heere, Telle us som myrie tale, by youre fey! 10 For what man that is entred in a pley, He nedes moot unto the pley assente; But precheth nat as freres doon in Lente, To make us for oure olde synnes wepe, Ne that thy tale make us nat to slepe. Sir clerk of Oxford," our good host then said, "You ride as quiet and still as is a maid But newly wedded, sitting at the board; This day I've heard not from your tongue a word. 5 Perhaps you mull a sophism that's prime, But Solomon says, 'each thing to its own time.' For God's sake, smile and be of better cheer, It is no time to think and study here. Tell us some merry story, if you may; 10 For whatsoever man will join in play, He needs must to the play give his consent. But do not preach, as friars do in Lent, To make us, for our old sins, wail and weep, And see your tale shall put us not to sleep.

 

trowe verb think, suppose

moot verb must

fey noun faith

 

  1. Find finite verbs and define their form (person, number, tense)
  
  1. Find Infinitives and explain what changes they underwent in Middle English.
  
  1. Find pronouns, give their Old English equivalents and explain which changes they underwent in Middle English.
  
  1. Find the example of the noun in the Genitive case.
  
  1. Find examples of plural nouns.
  
  1. Find adjectives and define their form.
  

 

Explain the development of the following words from OE to MidE:

 

Old English Middle English
19. tīma (weak, n-declension) tyme (line 8)
20. hēr here (line 8)
21. in plegan (weak, n-declension, masc.) (in a) pley

 

Task IV.

Subject: The Early Modern English period

Instructions: Read the following extract from the Taming of the Shrew by Shakespeare and do the tasks below.

 

2.M.

Dost thou loue pictures? we wil fetch thee strait

202: Adonis painted by a running brooke,

203: And Citherea all in sedges hid,

204: Which seeme to moue and wanton with her breath,

205: Euen as the wauing sedges play with winde.

206:

Lord.

Wee'l shew thee Io, as she was a Maid,

207: And how she was beguiled and surpriz'd,

208: As liuelie painted, as the deede was done.

 

22. Find the present tense finite verbs define their form (person, number).  
23. Find personal pronouns; define their form (person, number).  
24. Find the words where the letter u is used for the sound v.  
25. Provide word-for-word translation of characters’ statements in Modern English.  

 

 

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