Re: Number
| From: | Thomas R. Wier <artabanos@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, August 6, 2001, 22:05 |
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Henrik Theiling wrote:
> - -chs- is always [ks] if there is no morpheme boundary
> between -ch- and -s-:
> der Dachs [daks]
> des Fachs [faxs] (gen.sg. of `Fach')
I was always told that the genitive singular of monosyllabic nouns
is -es, rather than simply -s: das Haus, des Hauses (although I've
noted that the German press consistently refer to George W. Bush's
policies by <Bushs> rather than <Bushes>).
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Thomas Wier | AIM: trwier
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