LL-L "Grammar" 2005.05.09 (11) [E]

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From: denis dujardin <dujardin at pandora.be>
Subject: LL-L "Grammar" 2005.05.09 (08) [E]

For sure Luc,

We do say in Kortrijk "t'ès an ik" (it's my turn) (dativum). It is in
fact thé way of using it in a large area in the south-east of West-Flanders.
Even the genitivum doesn't change the personal pronoun. " t'è vann'ik"
(it is mine).
The more Westwards one goes the more this feature disappears. It changes
to "t'è va' min" or "tèzza' min".

One other funny feature of West-Flemsish, others do laugh about, is the
fact that we "kill" a lot of objects, when we put them out of function.
For example we say "doedde radio dwoad" (doe de radio dood), meaning
"kill the radio", meaning "officially" turn out the radio!".
We use it for radio, television, light (doe de lucht dwoad)(kill the
light...).

Denis Dujardin, Kortrijk
West-Flanders

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