I wonder if the use of -(y)a is similar to the Turkish use of -la ("with"), perhaps due to an Anatolian Sprachbund, e.g. Hittite "annas attas(a)" = Turkish "anne ata(la)" (though, nowadays "ata" means "forefather" and "baba" means "father", so "mother and father" is now "anne babala"). However, Turkish later borrowed "ve" from Persian for a proper way to say "and" ("anne ve baba"). Turkish however uses -(y)a for the dative case: "Anne babanın ofisine gitmiş" = "The mother went to the father's office".
Oh that is interesting, I need to get a good grammar on Turkish language and start learning it, it's been on my 'to do' list for a while but I finally need to start learning! Not only is it an interesting language for me but obviously for someone who it interested in anatolia/Hittite and so on it would be more than useful.
Another good video!
Man, the congress of Hittitology has ended... but not your lessons. A like from me❤
I was only able to recognize 'u', the ah(with the half moon underneath) and 'ri'. Thank you for one more precious lesson!
Well done!
@@LearnHittite Thank you!
I love this Language!
Maybe I should learn it. There are only so many people I can confuse through German and Esperanto. An extinct language might be the way to go.
@@ghenulo exactly
Yes!!!
I wonder if the use of -(y)a is similar to the Turkish use of -la ("with"), perhaps due to an Anatolian Sprachbund, e.g. Hittite "annas attas(a)" = Turkish "anne ata(la)" (though, nowadays "ata" means "forefather" and "baba" means "father", so "mother and father" is now "anne babala"). However, Turkish later borrowed "ve" from Persian for a proper way to say "and" ("anne ve baba"). Turkish however uses -(y)a for the dative case: "Anne babanın ofisine gitmiş" = "The mother went to the father's office".
Oh that is interesting, I need to get a good grammar on Turkish language and start learning it, it's been on my 'to do' list for a while but I finally need to start learning! Not only is it an interesting language for me but obviously for someone who it interested in anatolia/Hittite and so on it would be more than useful.