LL-L "Morphology" 2003.02.27 (09) [E]

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From: Stella en Henno <stellahenno at hetnet.nl>
Subject: LL-L "Morphology" 2003.02.27 (03) [E]

> From: Theo Homan <theohoman at yahoo.com>
> Subject: LL-L "Morphology" 2003.02.26 (05) [E]
>
> > From: Dan Prohaska <daniel at ryan-prohaska.com>
> > Subject: LL-L "Morphology"
>
> > >Yes, 'wat / jat' is Frisian.
> >
> > Yes. It`s Mainland North Frisian. Question: How is
> > it used? As a polite
> > form, a true dual Which verbal form accompanies it?
>
> wat / jat is used as a true dual; so I was informed by
> 2 native speakers / linguists.

Indeed, this is what I know as well. And the verbal form (additionally) is
not
at all an issue: all varieties of Frisian have in the plural forms the same
form for all
persons. So this is the one that would be used for the dual as well.
Its form equals the (bare) infinitive (except for verbs like _to be_).

Henno Brandsma

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