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

[faltin2001]

--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "llama_nom" <penterakt at f...> wrote:
>
> Hailai sijuth!
>
> And another alternative: nauths ist, literally "there is a need",



I guess Gothic 'nauths' is related to mod. German 'Not/Noetig', when
we say 'es tut Not' meaning 'it is necessary'.








> works the same way as: thaurfts ist (with thaurfts here being the
> noun).



Gothic 'thaurfts' is probably related to mod. German 'Be -
darf/Duerftig', which also indicates that something is necessary.



> Skuld- (apart from being the past tense of skulan) is used in two
> ways, with different meanings: 1) as an adjective, agreeing with
the
> nominative subject, and 2) impersonally as a neuter adjective +dat.
>
> "PASSIVE" skulds ist +inf. "one must be"
> "ACTIVE" skuld ist (+dat.) +inf. "one must" or "one is allowed to"
or
> more literally "it is permissible [for one] to"
> ni skuld ist (+dat.) +inf. "it is not permissible [for one] to"




Gothic 'skulds' is is probably related to mod. German 'Schuld'.


Just guessing around ...

Cheers
Dirk



------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~-->
Yahoo! Domains - Claim yours for only $14.70
http://us.click.yahoo.com/Z1wmxD/DREIAA/yQLSAA/wWMplB/TM
---------------------------------------------------------------------~->

You are a member of the Gothic-L list.  To unsubscribe, send a blank email to <gothic-l-unsubscribe at egroups.com>.
Yahoo! Groups Links

<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
     http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gothic-l/

<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
     gothic-l-unsubscribe at yahoogroups.com

<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
     http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/