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Re: OT: TECH: css (fuit: Re: Critique needed for lessons)

From:René Uittenbogaard <ruittenb@...>
Date:Thursday, May 25, 2006, 15:19
On 5/24/06, Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...> wrote:
> Philip Newton skrev: > > On 5/24/06, Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...> wrote: > > > > > (Durst I suggest > > > > I thought "durst" was 2sg. only; I would've expected "Dare I suggest" here. > > Yes yes yes <shame> -- I got in my head that it be some > sort of subjunctive, and had totally forgot about the > -st ending...
I thought "durst" was an alternative stem, not a 2SG ending.. At least in Dutch, it is. But it is always past tense. Hij dorst niet en vluchtte, de lafaard! ?He durstn't and fled, the coward! René

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