Re: Subordinate clauses

Sorry!!  I'm been known to write wiht, too, for "with."  My humble
apologies!!  Yry eftoihs...

Sally

----- Original Message -----
From: "Carsten Becker" <post@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 7:01 AM
Subject: Re: Subordinate Clauses


> From: "John Cowan" <cowan@CCIL.ORG <mailto:cowan@...>>
> Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 3:48 PM
> Subject: Re: Subordinate Clauses
>
>  > Carsten Becker scripsit:
>  >
>  > > "Der Hund mit dem Mann" still does not make sense, even with the
> context
>  > > given. It must be "des Mannes". That's the only right possiblity. In
>  > > English you wouldn't say "the dog with the man was green" either,
> "the
>  > > dog who was with the man was green" would be a valid possibility of
>  > > course.
>  >
>  > I don't have any problem with "The dog with the man was green"; it has
>  > to be about the dog, and it sounds perfectly idiomatic.  OTOH, maybe
>  > I've been thinking about green men and dogs for too long.
>
> Actually, I just intended to say that here "mit" wouldn't be used here.
> You simply cannot say this in German in that way. A 1:1 translation does
> not work here. It's rather "... den der Mann dabei hatte" or so if you
> insist on keeping "with".
> I'm sorry to have mixed up you others.
>
> And, Sally, I *am* written with a "C", except you made the name fit to
> Teonaht's phonology of course. But it's true, both ways of writing
> "Carsten" exist, and both versions are pronounced ["ka6stn]. AFAIK it's
> a worn-down form of Christian, coming from northern Germany. At least
> that's what my parents explained when I asked them what my name means
> perhaps about 10 years ago.
>