LL-L "Grammar" 2007.09.06 (01) [E]

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L O W L A N D S - L  -  06 September 2007 - Volume 01
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From: Theo Homan <theohoman at yahoo.com>
Subject: LL-L "Grammar" 2007.09.05 (02) [E]

> From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Grammar
>
> Thanks for the silence-breaking responses!
>
> Paul, double plurals occur in other Lowlands
> languages also.  For instance,
> Dutch has singular kind 'child' and plural kinderen
> (kind-er-en), and many
> Low Saxon dialects have the equivalent Kind vs
> Kinners (Kind-er-s), much
> like Afrikaans kind vs kinders ~ kinners
> (kind-er-s).

Hallo,

It's nice to see that many Dutch 'double plurals'
after so many centuries still keep the old forms in
compounds.
So: kind - kinderen, but: kinderspeelplaats;
So: ei - eieren, but: eierhandel.

vr.gr.
Theo Homan

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