[tied] Re: The personal pronouns of PIE (and other families) are lo

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "P&G" <G&P@...> wrote:

>
> > One more BTW: on German TV yesterday I heard another 'mit die <adj>
> > <noun>' with acc. 'die' for correct 'den'. How common is

this 'error'

> > in colloquial German (after eg. 'mit')?
>
> Mit can be followed by die in correct German, since mit functions

also as an

> adverb. This can confuse English speakers, who think the mit

governs the

> following "wrong" case. E.g.
> Diese Katzen sind mit die schoensten, die ich .....
> ("These cats are amongst the most beautiful that I ...)
>

The example I remember is from Stern magazine, some coach saying: "Mit
die vielen Schäden [the team must expect ... etc]". Schalke, I think
it was.


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