LL-L "Grammar" 2005.03.29 (06) [E/F]

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From: Henno Brandsma <hennobrandsma at hetnet.nl>
Subject: LL-L "Grammar" 2005.03.29 (02) [E]

> From: "Roger Thijs, Euro-Support, Inc." <roger.thijs at euro-support.be>
> Subject: Grammar
>
> Why does inversion often have a so a significant effect on the "verb -
> personal pronoun" combination, as if it were subjected to special
> rules?
>
> In my West-Limburgish e.g. we replace "hië" (he) with "er" when
> inverting.
>
> Hië és doeë gewès (He has been there)
> Es-t-er doë gewès? (Has he been there?)

It selde bart yn it Westerlauwer Frysk:

Hy hat der west
Hat er der west ?

Dit moat frij âld wêze, tinkt my.

> For the second pronoun we have a contraction:
>
> Dzjië zit doeë gewès (You have been there)
> Zie (quite long ie) doeë gewès? (Have you been there?)

Yn it WF wurdt "do" alheel net sein yn sokke fraachsinnen:

(Do) hast der west (do kin weilitten wurde, )
Hast/ hasto der west?

Yn guon dialekten ek mei hja/se: hja hat west / hat se west ?
en yn it meartal: hja hawwe west / hawwe se west [haz@ wEst]

> Does inversion generally have similar effects in lowland languages?

Hast altyd gearraning (versmelting): kin'k [kIk], kinst [kI~st] of
[kIst], doch ik > do'k esfh.
by faakfoarkommende tiidwurden. Mar dat is frij algemien yn alle
fariëteiten.

Henno Brandsma

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