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Re: Grammatical Summary of Kemata

From:BP Jonsson <bpj@...>
Date:Friday, December 14, 2001, 13:55
At 11:43 2001-12-13 +0100, Irina Rempt wrote:

>I'm impressed with your teachers if you know that stress and >detachability go together!
I wish they did in Swedish too! Here there is absolutely no rule except that detachable verbs usually are detached all the time except in very formal style. Thus "come up" as in "come up the stairs" is usually _komma upp_, while "come up" meaning "occur" is usually _uppkomma_. Someone who said _uppkomma för trapporna_ would be old-fashioned on the verge of weird... /BP 8^)> -- B.Philip Jonsson mailto:bpX@netg.se (delete X) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~__ A h-ammen ledin i phith! \ \ __ ____ ____ _____________ ____ __ __ __ / / \ \/___ \\__ \ /___ _____/\ \\__ \\ \ \ \\ \ / / / / / / / \ / /Melroch\ \_/ // / / // / / / / /___/ /_ / /\ \ / /Melarokko\_ // /__/ // /__/ / /_________//_/ \_\/ /Eowine __ / / \___/\_\\___/\_\ Gwaedhvenn Angeliniel\ \______/ /a/ /_h-adar Merthol naun ~~~~~~~~~Kuinondil~~~\________/~~\__/~~~Noolendur~~~~~~ || Lenda lenda pellalenda pellatellenda kuivie aiya! || "A coincidence, as we say in Middle-Earth" (JRR Tolkien)