[gothic-l] Gothic equivalent for English 'must'

[ashley overs]

thanks it help


>From: "Giuseppe Pagliarulo" <g.pagliarulo at tin.it>
>Reply-To: gothic-l at yahoogroups.com
>To: <gothic-l at yahoogroups.com>
>Subject: Re: [gothic-l] Gothic equivalent for English 'must'
>Date: Sat, 8 May 2004 11:07:21 +0200
>
>
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>From: "cern2004" <nialr at supanet.com>
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>Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 6:17 PM
>Subject: [gothic-l] Gothic equivalent for English 'must'
>
>
> > How would one say that one 'must' do something in Gothic?
>
>I think _skulan_ is a good equivalent of _must_.
>
> > Eg how would one translate, 'We must go now'.
>
>Skulum nu gaggan.
>
> > Nearest I could work out was 'Thaurfts nu faran ist',
> > literally 'Necessary now to-go it-is.'
>
>Not exactly. Thaurfts ist (you'll note that -s is the masculine
>ending) means that somebody is meant to, in need to do someting: sa
>thaurfts ist gaggan = he is in need to go. You have to use the neuter
>thaurft in order to convey impersonal meaning.
>
>Hope this helps
>
>Iosef Strawarila
>
>

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