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The Subjunctive in the Chanson de Roland by Frank Emil Lodeman, 1892

The Subjunctive in the Chanson de Roland by Frank Emil Lodeman, 1892, Page 24

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Examples. 44. Asez est mielz qu'il i perdent les chiefs. 279. Se li reis voelt, bien est dreiz qu'il i alget. 4. Necessity, Want, Plenty. Pur poi que, in the sense of "Il s'eu faut de bien peu de." 325, 2789, 3608. A'bien petit que, in the sense of "Peu s'eu faut." 326. These phrases are equivalent to modern French expressions of want, that require after then subject clauses with the subjunctive. Both are, however, followed by clauses with the indicative. Examples. 326. A' bien petit que il ne pert le seus. 3608. [Earles?] cancelet, pur poi qu'il n'est cauz. 5. Possibility and Impossibility. Il poet estre. 3913. This shows no peculiarity. 3913. Il ne poet estre qu'il seient desevret.
 
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