LL-L "Syntax" 2005.08.03 (03) [E]

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From: Gavin Falconer <Gavin.Falconer at gmx.net>
Subject: Help

I'm attempting to translate a very simple English sentence into as many West
Germanic languages as possible.  Unfortunately, in a few cases, I've had to
guess with the aid of Google.  Are the following correct and idiomatic (the
putative context is one of deduction), and can anyone provide translations
into Low Saxon, Yiddish, etc.?

It will have been X.

Es wird X gewesen sein.

Het zal X geweest zijn.

It sil X wêst wêze.

Dit sal X gewees het.

Many thanks for the help.

-- 
Best,

Gavin

Gavin Falconer

"Tharfor wordly happe es ay in dout
Whilles dam fortune turnes hir whele about."

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Syntax

Hi, Gavin!

In Northern Saxon I'd say it like this:

Dat s(ch)all X west sien.

More archaic, still preserved in some dialects:
Dat s(ch)all X west hebben.

Increasingly common, following the German construction:

Dat wardt X west sien.

In Hamburg Missingsch I'd say:

Das muss den X geweesn saain.

(There is no morphological future tense marker.)

A stab at Eastern Yiddish:

ס'זאָל געװען זײַן X.
S'zol geven zayn X.

ס'וועל געװען זײַן X.
S'vel geven zayn X.

What do you think, Mark (Williamson) and others?

Best wishes,
Reinhard/Ron

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