Hi!
Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...> writes:
> Henrik Theiling wrote:
>...
> [snip]
>
> > IS: Hana vanta peninga.
> > ACC ACC
> > DE: Mir fehlt Geld.
> > DAT ACC.
> > EN: I lack money.
> > NOM
>
> Something is wrong with this one. _hana_ means "her".
I wanted to juxtapose the different constructions in the different
languages. Icelandic uses accusative, German dative and English
nominative. The Icelandic dative of 'she' is 'henni' and 'hana' is
indeed accusative, so at least the case tags seem correct so far.
> My favorite is _Mér tekur á bakið_ "My back hurts" but
> literally "Me takes at the back", since I had frequent
> occasion to use it.
Hehe! I could use that very often as well. :-)
**Henrik