REFLEKSI LATINSKOG GERUNDIVA U ROMANSKIM JEZICIMA
REFLE CTIONS OF THE LATIN GE RUNDIVE IN ROM ANCE LANGUAGE S

Summary/Abstract: This paper deals with the reflections of the Latin gerundive in five Romance languages (Italian, Spanish, French, Catalan and Portuguese). Gerundive does not exist any more as a verbal form, but it continues to live in the form of adjectives and nouns. The aim of the paper was to investigate the meaning of these adjectives and nouns and the domain of their use in Romance languages. Our research has shown that the adjectives and nouns derived from Latin gerundive conserve the original passive sense and also the sense of obligation or possibility to different extent. In addition, our research has proven that the existence of these words in contemporary Romance languages is the consequence of the tendency to conserve the suffix which has lost its verbal function, but still possesses the original meaning and it is used to form new words.

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