Re: Colloquial German, experiencers and the construct state

Also reminding us of middle english (or at least one theory concerning
it and the development of the modern english genitive marker), thus
reaffirming my belief that Dutch is wonderfully like middle english and
that I should learn it.  Sadly, it's very hard to find Dutch classes in
American colleges.
(Hi, I'm back - I was away from the list for a while, and was never very
active when i was on it, but it's good to be back!)
-Kit

Ingmar Roerdinkholder wrote:

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>and, colloquial Dutch:
>
>2] de man zijn huis
>  "the man his house"
>
>or, as it is pronounced usually
>
>3] de man z'n huis
>
>(z'n = [z@n]
>
>which reminds us of Standard Afrikaans:
>[...snip...]
>
>