Re: Russian "a" and Norwegian "ikke/ingen" (was: Re: Question about Latin.)

Philippe Caquant wrote:

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>Joe wrote:
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>"Well, I have Norwegian family.  And they use 'ikke'
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>So in what cases do they use "ingen" ? Or has the word
>gone out of fashion ?
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>I think one can say, for ex, either:
>- Det finnes ingen vei ut
>- Det finnes ikke noen vei ut
>for: There is no way out ?
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A quick conversation with Norwegian member of family agrees with you.
However, he said that, for example, 'jeg har ingen bil' would be
unusual, and most people would say 'jeg har ikke en bil'.