LL-L "Grammar" 2010.06.01 (04) [EN]

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From: Hellinckx Luc <luc.hellinckx at gmail.com>

Subject: LL-L "Language politics"



Beste Hannelore,



You wrote:



...Ja, un 2006 hebben wi, dat heit, Schäuler un ick de VHS verlaten.



It strikes me you consistently write "hebben wi", where Ron, Marcus and
Arend would say "hebbt wi". I have the impression your Saxon is very
authentic though, therefore I wonder, which one would be the innovation,
"hebben wi" or "hebbt wi"?



Any ideas anybody?



Kind greetings,



Luc Hellinckx, Halle, Belgium



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

Subject: Grammar

Luc,

*All* of it is correct. There is dialectical variation is this and other
regards. There are dialects in which the present-tense verbal plural ending
is *-t*, and there are those in which it is *-en*. (It is *-en *for the
preterit verbal plural in *all* dialects.) Hanne’s dialect uses *-en*, while
mine uses *-t*.

(sing, have, make, come)
ik sing - heff - maak - kaam
du singst - hest - maakst - kümmst
he/se/dat singt - hett - maakt - kümmt
wi/ji/se singt ~ singen - hebbt ~ hebben - maakt ~ maken - kaamt ~ kamen

Please remember that Low Saxon has no regularized grammar.

I hope this helps.

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron
Seattle, USA



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