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Re: Colloquial German, experiencers and the construct state

From:Henrik Theiling <theiling@...>
Date:Thursday, August 18, 2005, 12:27
Hi!

taliesin the storyteller <taliesin-conlang@...> writes:
> * Henrik Theiling said on 2005-08-17 23:22:12 +0200 > > Hi! > > > > Ingmar Roerdinkholder <ingmar.roerdinkholder@...> writes: > > >... > > > which reminds us of Standard Afrikaans: > > > > > > die man se huis > > Hmm... Norwegian has the (frowned upon) Garpegenitiv, if SN is standard > Norwegian and GN is Norwegian with Garpegenitiv, we have (GG: > garpegenitiv):
Seems like very, very common then. Even the register is the same: frowned upon.
> GN: > ?mitt sitt hus > my GG house > > Now the last one is weird but it is used by some people, and most others > can use the form as a joke or to be childish.
I think that's not possible in German. Hmm, maybe for jokes, yes.
> > German: > > der Frau ihr Haus > > The GG of Norwegian does not reflect the gender of the possessor, but > does reflect the gender and number of the possesse :)
Yes, German also marks number, case, and gender of possessee and number and gender of possessor: Compare this first sentence: Dem Mann sein Haus (ist groß.) m.sg. nom.n.sg. with one of: Dem Mann seine Häuser m.sg. nom.n.pl. ^^ Dem Mann seine Jacke m.sg. nom.f.sg. ^ Mit dem Mann seinem Haus m.sg. dat.n.sg. ^^^ Den Männern ihr Haus m.pl. nom.n.sg. ^^ Der Frau ihr Haus f.sg. nom.n.sg. ^ Looking at that, this seems quite absurdly marked to me... **Henrik