Her we sprecaþ on Ænglisc

[Pacifica]

That's the same link...

Ah, apparently it won't link directly to what I wanted to link to... click §574 below "grammar" in the square above.

 

[Callaina]

Ah, apparently it won't link directly to what I wanted to link to... click §574 below "grammar" in the square above.

Thanks!

This is fun. I have to learn Old English. When I get through with Greek...

 

[Pacifica]

When I get through with Greek...

Which might take some time, lol. While learning OE would be quick.

 

[Callaina]

Which might take some time, lol. While learning OE would be quick.

Indeed, I'm quite tempted actually. Of course I'm still working on Latin too...

 

[Tomer]

(Just so you know, it's actually spelled "diaper".)

I wasn't aware of that, thanks! Clearly, I'm not a father yet, as far as is well known.

Indeed, I'm quite tempted actually. Of course I'm still working on Latin too...

Same here.

 

[Pacifica]

Btw, Callaina, that ge - later became i -, as in "sumer is icumen in".

 

[Etaoin Shrdlu]

Or y -, as in 'yclept', still in humorous use.

In Berlin dialect, G is often pronounced like (German) J, so gekommen would be pronounced jekommen.

 

[Pacifica]

Or y -, as in 'yclept', still in humorous use.

Excellent! A lovely survival.

 

[Callaina]

Or y -, as in 'yclept', still in humorous use.

In Berlin dialect, G is often pronounced like (German) J, so gekommen would be pronounced jekommen.

Etaoin Shrdlu, any idea if the ge- past tense marker in Modern German is related somehow to the Old English prefix (and if not, where it actually came from)?

 

[Etaoin Shrdlu]

As far as I know, it's a feature of West Germanic languages, so they both derive from a common ancestor.

 

[Imber Ranae]

Etaoin Shrdlu, any idea if the ge- past tense marker in Modern German is related somehow to the Old English prefix (and if not, where it actually came from)?

It's the same prefix. The only difference is that it was far more productive in Old English than it is in modern German and not as grammaticalized (i.e. while it is sometimes appended to the past participle in Old English, that isn't a mandatory rule as in German). But remember that ge- is highly lexicalized in German as well, being a very common prefix with verbs (e.g. gefrieren), adjectives, and nouns, just like in Old English.

 

[Pacifica]

Ic fægnie þæt we þec eft geseoð, frogga min se lytla.

 

[Issacus Divus]

Hwæt! Ic eftlifġiefe þone þræd!

 

[Glabrigausapes]

Ðæt biþ eaðor gesægd ðonne gedon, broðor min.

 

[Issacus Divus]

Lifġiefe we ġeador, ġebroþor.

 

[Abcormal]

On Middel-Englisc (saeculum XII) ond Engla-Normannisc

 

[Issacus Divus]

A, Ængla-Normanisc.

 

[Bitmap]

Is esculter-eit conditionel?

 

[Pacifica]

Swa me þynceþ.

 

[Bitmap]

Swa me þynceþ.

So dünkt es mir? oO