Re: OT: Latin subject-verb agreement
| From: | Philip Newton <philip.newton@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, December 13, 2007, 17:01 |
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On Dec 13, 2007 6:00 PM, Philip Newton <philip.newton@...> wrote:
> On Dec 13, 2007 3:55 PM, Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> wrote:
> > Do Germans say »Es ist mich«?
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> No, they say «Ich bin's». Which is theoretically short for «Ich bin
> es». but the full form sounds wrong to me.
That's for "It's me", e.g. in response to a request to identify
yourself. There's also «Das bin ich» for "That's me", e.g. in request
to identify a person on a picture -- that has "ich" after the verb
rather than in front.
Cheers,
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Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>