LL-L "Orthography" 2008.08.17 (05) [E]

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From: Elsie Zinsser <ezinsser at icon.co.za>
Subject: LL-L "Morphology" 2008.08.17 (03) [E]

Hi all



Sandy, Afrikaans simplified to a great extent:



Plurals:

mense

beeste

huise

skoene



but



kinders (D. kinderen)

kamers

blakers

gewoontes

aanpassings

sluitings



and

 ui –uie

oog –oë

boog – boë



Past tense:

kom – gekom

gaan – gegaan

is – was

wil - wou

sal - sou

kan - kon



 Elsie


In English, Scots and Shetlandic we have plural markings -s/-es [s],
[z], [@z] and more rarely -en/-n. In Dutch we have -en. Do those two
markings cover the plural formation for all Lowlands languages?

Similarly in these languages only the past tense is marked (-ed and
variants in English, -it, -ed and variants in Scots). Are there
Lowlandic languages that also mark the future?


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

Sandy, Lowlanders,

One of my long-term projects is remodeling, refurbishing and hopefully
improving my Northern Low Saxon grammar presentation:
http://lowlands-l.net/grammar/ (which proved to be surprisingly popular).

The beginning of the new version (so far only in English and without
pronunciation/orthography and verbs) is temporarily housed here:
http://lowlands-l.net/grammar-new/

In the English version (http://lowlands-l.net/grammar-new/en/), go to
"Number" under "Nouns" to find an overview of plural marking.

Notes:

·      Plural marking with *-s* is quite widespread.

·      Word-final apostrophe marks "superlength" (compensatory lengthening)
where original *-e* has been dropped.

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron
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