On Thursday, June 07, 2001 5:43 PM, Arlie Stephens
[SMTP:arlie@...] wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 07, 2001 at 05:24:18PM +0100, Gareth Jelley wrote:
>
> > > > ?a? var venjulegur, verk ok meiri verki.
>
> > > Why 2 different cases for "verk"?
> >
> >
> > isn't it just because 'verki' is in the dative?
>
> But _why_ is one in nominative and the other in dative, when they
> are
> connected with "ok" ... which to me implies they'd both be in the
> same case?

I just thought that the second 'work' was dependent \ subordinate (?)
on the first work... "My day was normal: work and more work."

I don't know 'why', alas :o)

Best,

Gareth.