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What does von wegen das ist alter Schnee mean? I have never seen von wegen used like this before and alter Schnee seems to be an idiomatic expression. I'm not sure what medium this appeared in, but could it be that the author left off the punctuation? "Von wegen" by itself is roughly equivalent to ...

What does von wegen das ist alter Schnee mean?

I have never seen von wegen used like this before and alter Schnee seems to be an idiomatic expression.

Why is 'pflegen' on the list? It's regular...

I have never understood the expression "it begs the question". I allways wonder: "What question?". Is "it begs the question" an expression that means something else than it logically means or is one actually supposed to understand what question the other guy thinks of? And, if the latter, how shall ...

Must English be either West- or North-? Can't it just be said to be a mix? I have also read somewhere that someone suggested that High German should be classified as South Germanic (-a branch of its own) because of some early distictive development. I think it was some sound changes and maybe someth...

How about the other Germanic languages? (Being, mostly at this point, the North Germanics?) Do they do this? Swedish does not use the 'the man his wallet'-construction but Swedish has phrasal possessive. However, I think that phrasal possessive in Swedish is considered wrong according to conservati...

Thanks cedh audmanh for a good answer!

When you in German use the dative + sein/ihr construction instead of genitive, must you then inflect sein/ihr for case?

Heisst es also: Ich sehe dem Mann seinen Wagen.?

And how do you construct with preposition?:

Ich bin in dem Mann seinem Wagen (I am in the man's car)?

hât ieman sîn iht mêr erdâht - has someone thought of some greater idea My stab at it would be 'has anyone come up with something else?' (native speaker of modern German, but no expert on MHG) I've had some MHG at uni, and I'd translate it the same way as Cedh without any context, and I think this ...

My stab at it would be 'has anyone come up with something else?' A problem I see with it is that it leaves out 'sîn' and 'mêr' from the translation. No it doesn't: I interpreted 'sîn' as a possessive pronoun (modern sein 'his'), and 'mêr' is the 'else' in my sentence. So a more literal rendering of...

My stab at it would be 'has anyone come up with something else?' Tanks for your suggestion. A problem I see with it is that it leaves out 'sîn' and 'mêr' from the translation. One dictonary says this about 'mêr': mêr (BMZ II. 139b; ) apok. mê. — 1. adj. compar. zu vil, mit neuer steigerung mêrer, m...

Herra Ratatoskr wrote:It should be noted that good MHG poets never rhymed pairs of words like was, was, and waz, what; missen, to miss and wizzen, to know."

Thanks for the information. My guy accually rhymes 'daz' with 'was' but maybe he wasn't a good poet, then.

I'm reading a Middle High German text but I have got stuck on a few things.

Can 'sîn' mean 'idea'?

What do you say about this try to translate:
hât ieman sîn iht mêr erdâht - has someone thought of some greater idea

How is z pronounced in words like 'daz', 'wizzet', 'ez'?

Åge Kruger wrote:Just thought I would so that not only am I following this thread, but enjoying it very much.

So do I

Vilken konstig berättelse du knåpade ihop Aszev.

rickardspaghetti wrote:What is your dialect?

I have allready answered that on page 4.
I speak a mix of Västerbottnian and Gästriklandian. But look at page 4 for an utförligare explanation.

Skomakar'n, you really speak like that !?! WOW... cool though. This is how I would say it speaking naturally: Ja ha vari ute å sprungi i skogen i da. Ja ha sett rävar, vargar å björnar, men korpar å andra fåglar också. Dom tog se fram på flera olika sätt; kröp, flög, gick på fyra elle två ben, å sån...

Vilken dialekt talar du, Anders? Jag talar Göteborgska(fast inte så kraftfull dock). Åh, jag såg frågan först idag. Jag talar ingen ren dialekt. Min mor, som lärde mig tala, kommer från Västerbotten och själv har jag vuxit upp i Gästrikland så jag talar en blandning av västerbottniska och gästriklä...

Qwynegold wrote:

Qwynegold wrote:

Anders wrote:

Qwynegold wrote:Ånej.

Har du inte hört det?

Nej.

Eller förresten, Viktor säger ju såna grejer, fast det räknas inte.

fniss fniss!

Ånej. :o :) Har du inte hört det? Jag såg en gång en svenskamerikan på TV som hela tiden sa "jag hade att ..." i stället för 'jag måste ...' eller 'jag var tvungen att ...' eller nått mer svenskt uttryckssätt. Anglicismerna haglade. Man undrar ju lite hur sverigearabiska låter. Tycker araber i Arab...

What about American Swedish? Yeah, what about American Swedish!? It's not on the map, unlike Runö or whatever island it is and Gammelsvenskby. I know it's not on the map. I was filling in on what you said. It was directed to Azsev. Jag har att veta om det! :) :?: Jag förstår inte din grammatik. Sve...

Qwynegold wrote:What about American Swedish?

Yeah, what about American Swedish!?
Jag har att veta om det!