Re: Diglossia (was Re: Nur-ellen in the world of Brithenig)

Steg Belsky wrote:

> On Tue, 12 Sep 2000 19:46:40 -0400 Robert Hailman <robert@...>
> writes:
> > That's true, as I learned the hard way when I was in Bavaria this
> > summer. Of course, ich habe fur nur zwei Jahre Deutsch gelernt, so
> > it could have been just as much my lack of German skills as it was
> > their unintelligible dialect.
>
> If i understand your German correctly, "to learn" isn't reflexive?
In this case, "study" is implied ("studieren" applies only to attending the
university -- not what you do at night before the test).  But "lernen" is always
transitive to my knowledge.

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