Re: Standard Average European (was: case system)

In a message dated 4/12/2008 01:57:38 AM Central Daylight Time,
philip.newton@GMAIL.COM writes:


> >  Or maybe something like German "Leg es mir auf dem Stuhl!" (Put it on my
> >  chair).  The possessive is indicated by the dative pronoun, not by any
> possessive
> >  pronoun or adjective.  Russian does the same thing.
>
> Similarly, perhaps, with "Er brach mir das Bein" (he broke my leg;
> literally, he broke me the leg).
>
> Cheers,
> Philip
>
Actually, that's a much better example of what I had in mind.

stevo   </HTML>

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