From: llama_nom
Message: 8232
Date: 2007-05-25
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> We have seen this sort of formulation several times before:German of
> "Hvort nam eg þig eða eigi?"
>
> and it seems to me to be very similar to the colloquial usage in
> "ob" to introduce a question.would
>
> "Ob Du moechtest.....?" There is sort of an implied "Tell me" or "I
> like to know."Ah yes, and often with 'wohl': 'Ob es wohl möglich ist...' "I wonder