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Re: Could some Dutch speaking Euphorians help me out?

• Posted by Nate Brooman <nateb at LOG.ON.CA> Aug 26, 1998
• 614 views

Thanks Ralf! I still gotta work some bugs out of my Dutch, but I was close
though.

- Nate

-----Original Message-----
From: Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen <nieuwen at XS4ALL.NL>
To: EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Date: August 26, 1998 2:19 PM
Subject: Re: Could some Dutch speaking Euphorians help me out?


>    >  puts(1,"Dit programma is uit Nate Brooman\n\n")
>
>    You use 'uit' when you mean from as a location. You need to use 'van'
to
>define property or credits (as in this case)
>
>    >NOTE: In the dit programma line, I know uit means from.
>     It is wrong though. It didnt come 'out' of you (literally speaking)
nor
>did it come from the place called 'Nate Brooman'.
>
>    The word you were looking for is 'van' but using 'door' might be a
>better choice:
>    This program is made Nate Brooman -- Dit programma is door Nate Brooman
>gemaakt'
>
>    Not that it matters much. I dunno any dutch that cant speak English,
>we're a too small country for self-support as in media, computers and
>profession. Most of it is in English.. its a must here.
>
>    Ralf
>    nieuwen at xs4all.nl
>