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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.