Re: A use for "aizh" ...
| From: | Mau Rauszer <maurauser@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, August 30, 2002, 19:10 |
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> >>>_Ez laist aizh dair ai anév dadair_ "The been beautiful language is now
> >>>more
> >>>beautiful"
> >>
> >>Is "ez" an homage to Hungarian?
> >
> >No. If _ez_ is the definite article in Hungarian, it just a coincidence.
>
> No, it means "this", but it was certainly close enough for me to give
> a Mr. Spockian eyebrow raise. The definite article is "a/az (before
> vowels)", which I assume came from "az", "that". Hence, "this
> person", "ez az ember", "that person", "az az ember".
So it's also a coincidence that anév is the HUngarian equivalent of "the name" ('a név')
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Mau
Ábrahám Zsófia alias Mau Rauszer
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