There is/Is there...?
Grsartor at AOL.COM
Grsartor at AOL.COM
Sat Apr 23 08:04:54 UTC 2011
Hailai allai,
If I might interrupt the exchanges that concern Easter, and which I have followed with interest, to answer a recent enquiry about how to say "there is/are": here are examples from the Gothic gospels.
John 6:9, 7:18, 8:44, 8:50
Luke 9:27, 15:10, 18:29, 20:27
Mark 4:22, 7:4, 7:15, 9:1, 10:29, 12:18, 12:31, 12:32
In all these except Luke 15:10 a form of "wisan" is used with nothing to correspond to the English use of "there". The wording corresponds closely to that of the Greek. In Luke 15:10 "wairthith" represents the Greek "gignetai".
Gerry T.
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Subject: [gothic-l] There is/Is there...?
Is this phrase attested in Gothic?
Perfect example: "Is there a phrase denoting the existence of something?" The
German equivalent is "Es gibt/Gibt es...?" Which makes me wonder if it is some
strange difference of wording in Gothic as well.
Any thoughts?
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