Re: [tied] Morphology 19 update - Ego

--- In cybalist@..., Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:

> On Wed, 04 Dec 2002 18:54:48 -0000, "Richard Wordingham"
> <richard.wordingham@...> wrote:
>
>
> Dutch "hoor" is actually quite untranslatable. Van Dale's

Hedendaags

> Nederlands describes the semantics as: "ter bevestiging,

verzekering,

> ontkenning, toe-, in-stemming, bewondering, verwerping, aanmaning

enz.

> tussen of na een uitspraak of mededeling" (to express confirmation,
> assurance, denial, permission, approval, admiration, rejection, urge
> etc. in the middle of or after a statement or announcement)"
>
> =======================
> Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
> mcv@...

I wondered what the "jawwer" was I heard in the supermarket meant
until I realized it was "ja, hoor!". I remember to this day the first
time I tried to speak Dutch to them and they were very pleased and
beamed at me and when I left they said cheerfully "Auf Wiedersehen!".

Swedish has "hörru!" (< "hör, du!"), and even "hörru du!"

Torsten