Re: Colloquial German, experiencers and the construct state
From: | Ingmar Roerdinkholder <ingmar.roerdinkholder@...> |
Date: | Thursday, August 18, 2005, 15:59 |
In Southern Dutch, especially Brabant dialects and the Brabant regiolect
and Brabant Dutch around Eindhoven (Philips-town), "hum" instead of "zijn"
is used in a similar way:
<dä is hum z'n fiets>
that is him his bike
that is HIS bike
Standard Dutch:
<dat is zijn fiets>
Ingmar
Taliesin:
>
>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.