Re: Aluric So Far

Raimundus scripsit:

>
> These seem to me more akin to 'verb governing the dative' and
>'verb
> governing the genitive' of Classical Latin & Greek - a feature
>which I
> believe still survives in many IE langs which haven't dropped
>the case
> system.
>
Sure.  Two Icelandic exhibits:

_Mig dreymdi_  "I-ACC. dreamt"
_Mjer tekur a' bakid'_  "My back aches" (lit. "Me-DAT. takes at
the back"!)

Note that if these were real accusative and dative objects modern
icel wd use a dummy subject, just as other Germanic languages do,
e.g. _Thad' er mjer ekki ljo'st_ "It isn't clear to me".

BP


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