Subjectless vs Dummy Subject in Quenya?

January 25, 2023

In IRL European languages we see two ways of expressing things like "it is cold", "it was windy." etc. (what is the proper name for these expressions in grammarian talk?). In English, German etc. one uses a dummy subject: it is cold; es is kalt; in others, like Polish or Hungarian, no subject is u... more...