Re: Yes !
----- Original Message -----
From: Fam. Nieuwenhuijsen <nieuwen at XS4ALL.NL>
To: <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 12:38 AM
Subject: Re: Yes !
> >I know South-African is a little different than Dutch, but are you sure
you
> didn't make any
> >mistakes in some words?
>
> >And what do the words 'Ek' and 'Gedog' mean?
>
> >Ek het gedog ek is die eenigste afrikaanse persoon wat in Euphoria
> programeer ! Dit voel heelwat beter as ek weet >daar is iemand wat van
> Suid-Afrika af kom hier by Euphoria . Fifa South-Afrika !
>
> Well, you're quite right .. it sure isn't the same as dutch _written_ ..
but
> when you pronounce it, it sounds like a dutch by some who's choking .. lol
> ... no, this is what it meant:
>
> I had thought (that) I was the only african person who programs in
Euphoria.
> It feels much beter now I know there is some one (else) from the Euphoria
> community (that) comes from South-Africa
>
> You can find all the words except the ones in parentheses. Interesting
> though, the English, unlike the dutch and afrikaans has a past tense verb
in
> the sub-sentence ( .. I _was_ the only .. ) .. and the in English you
have
> to start the verb after the subject, while in Dutch you're not even
allowed
> in sub-sentences, and in Afrikaans, it seems, you're not allowed to do so
in
> the last subsentence .. . .. then again, maybe the sentence just wasn't
> right.
>
> Greetings,
>
> Ralf N.
> nieuwen at xs4all.nl
No , my sentence was right . And Afrikaans does not sound like Dutch .
Is there any South-African people on this list ?
Ferdinand Greyling
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