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From: Marcel Bas <roepstem at hotmail.com>
Subject: LL-L "Grammar" 2008.09.05 (01) [E]

Hi Elsie,

You wrote something about "aan 't" and "aan die". Is it equivalent to 'besig
om te..."" ? So is the definition the same? "in the progress of"? "Ek is aan
't lees/Ek is aan 't lese" (with old infinitve Dutch -e even!) = "Ek is
besig om te lees"?

The particle 't' here is a remnant of Dutch 'het', which means 'the'. "aan
't beweeg" = "aan het bewegen"; litterally, in English "on the move". The
same 't' you find in "as 't ware".

Best regards,

Marcel.


Hi all,
I was looking at Henno's example and thinking how very similar the
streeks-Afrikaans is, as for example:

-Hy is aan't hardloop. [aan het. Modern Afr: aan die]

-Die kind se maag is aan't spoel.

-Waar is mamma? Sy is aan't kook in die kombuis.

-Na 'n uur in die verkeer is ons darem nou aan't beweeg.

Elsie Zinsser

From: heatherrendall at tiscali.co.uk <heatherrendall at tiscali.co.uk>
Subject: LL-L "Grammar" 2008.09.01 (05) [E]

Henno wrote:

and in "oan it...." constructions (these can be seen as nominalisations, at
some level):

- Hy is oan it rinnen (he is walking (right now)).

Dear Henno

Thank you so much for that ( very clear) explanation. I now have a 2nd
question!

re the above extract  " ..oan it .."  does this have an analysis / origin /
as clear an explanation, please?

bestw ishes

Heather

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