LL-L 'Morphology' 2006.07.22 (05) [E]

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L O W L A N D S - L * 22 July 2006 * Volume 05
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From: Luc Hellinckx <luc.hellinckx at gmail.com>
Subject: LL-L 'Morphology'

Ron,

You wrote:
> Dave Singleton's South Yorkshire version of the wren story
> (http://lowlands-l.net/anniversary/s-yorkshire.php\) reminds me that, were "was"
> is used in Standard English, in some dialects of England, especially in northern
> dialects, "was" and "were" for the third person singular coexist the way their
> equivalents do in Low Saxon
The same can be said about the first person singular in Brabantish. Some
people will say "ik waar", others prefer "ik was" for Dutch "ik was", e.g.:

'k Wà à r ni toës daann dag.
("I wasn't home that day")
'k Was ni toës daann dag.

Greetings,

Luc Hellinckx

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

Thanks, Luc!

In Northern Low Saxon (~ = in dialectical variation with):

ik was ~ weyr
du weyrst
hey was ~ weyr
sey was ~ weyr
it/dat was ~ weyr

wy weyren
jy weyren
sey weyren

Cf. Old English:

ic wæs
þú wære
héo wæs
hé wæs
hit wæs

wé wæron
gé wæron
híe wæron

Cf. Middle English:

ich/I was
þu/thu werst ~ wer(e)t ~ wast ~ was
he was
ho/heo/hi was
hit was

we wer(e)(n) ~ war(e)(n) ~ wer(e)ne
ye  wer(e)(n) ~ war(e)(n) ~ wer(e)ne
hi/ho/heo  wer(e)(n) ~ war(e)(n) ~ wer(e)ne

> 'k Wà à r ni toës daann dag.
> ("I wasn't home that day")
> 'k Was ni toës daann dag.

NLS:
Ik was ni(ch) tou huus' den(nen) dag.
Ik weyr ni(ch) tou huus' den(nen) dag.

Kumpelmenten,
Reinhard/Ron

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