<div dir="auto">Dear all,<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Just to add that in English, there is a dated interjection "Come (now)" that has a very similar role to what Christian described for German. (Maybe in some idiolects it doesn't sound so dated.)</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Like in German, the English "come" can be used to draw attention to something the speaker doesn't find reasonable in the interlocutor's speech content or stance. And in more modern speech, you could substitute it with "Hey now", which parallels the link that David observes. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div>- Ellison<br><br><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, 1 Sept 2024, 09:11 Christian Lehmann via Lingtyp, <<a href="mailto:lingtyp@listserv.linguistlist.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">lingtyp@listserv.linguistlist.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><u></u>
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Dear David,<br>
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German has a use of <i>komm</i> (imperative of kommen 'come') which
may not be quite what you are looking for, but certainly similar:<br>
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If, in a conversation, A says something that seems unacceptable --
typically, overstated -- to B, B will start by "Komm komm!" and then
mostly, though not necessarily, add a sentence that somehow
invalidates or restricts A's contention. For instance:<br>
<blockquote>A: Linda has never contributed anything to our club.<br>
B: Komm komm, she has at least organized last year's dinner party.<br>
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If I were to explain from Sprachgefühl why the verb 'come' is used
in this sense, I would think that 'come' here means 'rejoin the
communication and evaluation basis occupied by the speaker'. Maybe
other speakers could refine this analysis.<br>
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And perhaps a speaker of European Spanish could use the occasion to
explain what <i>venga</i> 'come!' means if it introduces a
sentence.<br>
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Best, Christian<br>
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