Re: Bother

Andrew Smith wrote:
>>I knew there was something else I wanted to add to my last message.
>>
>>A correspondent asked me about the use of prepositions with infinitives,
>>which is not covered in the Brithenig grammar beyond the preposition 'a',
>>to, at.  The example he gave me was 'He blamed me for playing there'.  The
>>translation I prefer would be 'Ys mi flasffuifaf per iogar ll+a', rather
>>than *'Ys mi flasffuifaf (a) iogar ll+a', but I wonder how other romance
>>languages handle this construction.
>>
        In French, I think we would say: "Il m'a reproche' d'avoir joue' la`" with
a past infinitive (not uncommon in French) and the preposition "de". But
the preposition would change with the verb (always keeping the past
infinitive).

>>- andrew.
>>
>>Andrew Smith, Intheologus                       hobbit@earthlight.co.nz
>>
>>"Break someone's leg."
>>                        - Old Orc Saying.
>>
>>
                                                        Christophe Grandsire
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