LL-L "Grammar" 2011.04.15 (01) [AF-EN-NL]

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From: Paul Finlow-Bates <wolf_thunder51 at yahoo.co.uk>

Subject: LL-L "Grammar" 2011.04.14 (05) [NL]



Very few modern forms of English in my experience would use "I eat now".
Old English and Middle English use it; it sometimes continues into the 18th
C. Otherwise, unless somebody is trying to be deliberately old fashioned,
you won't hear it. There may be dialects that do, but I've never heard them.



Paul



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From: "dealangeam" <atdelange at iburst.co.za>

Subject: LL-L "Grammar" [NL, AF]



Beste Laaglanders,



Piet Bult skryf:

Het eerste voorbeeld geeft weer dat je nu *gewoon* aan het eten bent. Het
tweede voorbeeld geeft aan dat je *speciaal op dit moment* aan het eten
bent.

Ik eet nu (SP)

Ik ben nu aan het eten (PC)

Ik ben nu etende (PC)



Beste Piet,

In Afrikaans word die voorbeelde

Ek eet

Ek eet nou

Ek eet (met beklemtoning van die “eet”)

in plaas van

Ek is nou etende

Laasgenoemde is verstaanbaar vir Afrikaners, maar hulle sal dink dat wie dit
sê, getik in die kop is.



Maak julle eie gevolgtrekkings.



Mooi loop

At de Lange



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