Morphology
In the verbal forms for the second
person plural the older endings -ades and -edes were occasionally
preserved or changed to -as and
-es, with palatalization
of the final -s in shorter forms,
cf.
-
Ladino amades (amás) you
love versus
Modern Spanish amáis;
-
Ladino comedes (comés) you
eat versus
Modern Spanish coméis.
The form vuestra merced used
in formal address in 15th-century Spanish (Modern Spanish usted)
never developed in Ladino, which uses el, ea (eya), eos (eyos), eas
(eyas) for the formal, and tu / vos for the informal address.
Ladino preserves the monosyllabic
1st person present indicative verbal forms without the additional -y that
appeared in later Spanish, cf.:
-
Ladino do
(I) give, vo (I) go, so
(I) am, and
estó
(I)
am (the e- is prothetic before s- impure)
versus
Spanish doy, voy, soy, and
estoy.
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