Can you give a full-sentence example in Old Norse?
BP Jonsson wrote:
> They provide a way to convert a V2 language into a VSO language. In Old
> Norse one often finds a pleonastic adverb (mostly _nú_ or _þá_) which
> induces a kind of virtual VSO. I've been playing around with the idea of
> turning these adverbs into tense marking prefixes...
>
> Let's see:
>
> ék -> e
> þú -> u
> hann -> a
> hún -> u
> það -> a
> vér/vit -> e
> þér/þið -> e
> þeir/þær -> a
> þau -> u
>
> Natlangy weird enough! :-)
>
> /BP
>
> B.Philip Jonsson
> mailto:bpj@netg.se
> mailto:melroch@my-deja.com
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