Re: Dual Pronoun Usage

DeepStream has the >.

> Regarding Dual Pronouns:
>
> 1. Are they mandatory?

This is a question I cannot easily answer out
of my feeling for the language since the difference
between dual and plural has vanished in modern Icelandic.

I think they are. That is, I think if you use
'vér' to refer to only two people you are speaking
incorrectly.

> 2. How do they conjugate verbs?

Like their plural counterparts.
Was this unclear in the lesson?

> Also - at one point in lesson 2 you translate to
> English with "thou art". I think "thou" is old
> English second person *formal* ("you" and "ye"
> were informal). Are you just trying to highlight
> the cognate ("art" = "ert"), or is "þú" formal (I
> thought you've already said Old Norse has no
> formal/informat second person differentiation)?

I was just highlighting the cognates "art" and "ert"
and "þú" and "thou".

> Finally, I, for one, would still like the *.doc
> format alot.

Yes yes... all in due time;)


Thank you for the letter.

Regards,
Haukur