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Re: Odd construct

From:daniel andreasson <danielandreasson@...>
Date:Saturday, October 13, 2001, 16:38
Andreas skrev:

> That is, when it's not cliticized (if that's a word) to a > [-t] that attaches to the preceeding word. Eg _slå't_ "hit it" > (imperative), "se på't_ "look at it".
Ha! What kind of old rural dialect is that? :) Don't you say _slå ren_ and _se på ren_?
> Swedish is a bit fond of these reduced "affixal" pronouns. One > of them is quite funny, namely _-na_ "her" (3rd sg female oblique > personal pronoun) - the corresponding independent pronoun is the > less than very similar _henne_. Supposedly, the _-na_ is from an > old accusative _hana_.
Yup. That's my understanding of it as well. Like _Seruna?_ 'Do you see her?' for _ser du henne_ > _se ru na_. Pronouns beginning in /d/ become [r] when unstressed. ||| daniel

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