Re: Relatives, interrogatives and other such particles

On 4/22/06, Henrik Theiling <theiling@...> wrote:
>
> Further, Colloqial German has article ~ 3rd person pronoun:
>
>    Der hat Hunger.   (Instead of 'Er hat Hunger.')
>    he  has hunger
One place where this comes in particularly handy is for 3pl, where the
pronoun "sie" is also used for 2sg formal and 2pl formal (but spelled
"Sie" in this cases); however, demonstrative/article "die" can only be
3pl.

    Ich gebe es Ihnen. "I give it to you (formal; singular or plural)"
    I give it you.fml.dat

    Ich gebe es ihnen. "I give it to them" (different spelling, same
pronunciation)
    I give it they.dat

    Ich gebe es denen. "I give it to them" (colloquial)
    I give it those.dat

Cheers,
--
Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>

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