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Isn't that T an adverbial marker, then? Legolas Send a noteboard - 23/03/2010 11:28:01 PM

No, I don't think so. I am not entirely sure what you mean by that, though.

We sometimes add a t: eventuelt. As in "vi kan eventuelt gjøre noe annet" "as an alternative, we could do something else". The e is a pure plural marker, though. As far as I can think at the moment.


It was probably too much to hope for that the similarities went that far. ;) Dutch has a simplified version of the German system in which, while predicative adjectives are unchangeable ("ze zijn groot", "sie sind groß" = they are tall), attributive adjectives can change depending on gender and number, though the change is limited to an extra E or not (not remotely as complicated as German). In plurals, the extra E is indeed always there, but in many singular forms too.
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Do you really need to have two different pronunciations of "the"? - 23/03/2010 02:06:02 PM 1285 Views
Need? No. - 23/03/2010 02:17:09 PM 459 Views
I've never heard of that in my life. - 23/03/2010 02:29:37 PM 546 Views
I pronounce it both ways - 23/03/2010 02:35:45 PM 540 Views
It's like "a". - 23/03/2010 02:45:14 PM 637 Views
Oh. I do that too. - 23/03/2010 02:59:20 PM 556 Views
"all intenstive purposes"...*shudder* - 23/03/2010 02:45:35 PM 507 Views
Yeah, that makes me shudder, too. People are retarded. *NM* - 23/03/2010 02:50:41 PM 287 Views
I have never actually heard anyone say "all intensive purposes". - 23/03/2010 05:25:37 PM 517 Views
Or you could be surrounded by smarter people than I am. *NM* - 23/03/2010 05:26:44 PM 196 Views
Really? I'd say most people say it incorrectly and most don't even know... - 23/03/2010 09:35:49 PM 505 Views
I do too - 24/03/2010 04:07:56 AM 432 Views
Or irregardless. *shudders* I saw it in the dictionary but really... - 26/03/2010 12:03:13 PM 464 Views
You should a a few words - 26/03/2010 12:42:36 PM 446 Views
What Joe said, almost. - 23/03/2010 04:51:08 PM 717 Views
An history - 23/03/2010 05:07:08 PM 665 Views
(h)erb. *NM* - 23/03/2010 09:37:58 PM 285 Views
I will not use "an." - 24/03/2010 04:59:00 PM 459 Views
Never heard that one - 23/03/2010 05:09:40 PM 470 Views
Heh. - 23/03/2010 05:13:17 PM 591 Views
I wasn't using it as that - 23/03/2010 05:19:43 PM 462 Views
OK. - 23/03/2010 05:25:22 PM 505 Views
It's enough of a rule. - 24/03/2010 05:02:46 PM 488 Views
Re: Never heard that one - 23/03/2010 06:14:21 PM 621 Views
It seems I use them both. - 23/03/2010 06:05:30 PM 476 Views
I also don't post in the correct place, it seems. - 23/03/2010 06:36:59 PM 477 Views
One is sufficient. - 23/03/2010 02:30:53 PM 689 Views
Is it possible you do it and don't realize it? - 23/03/2010 05:11:28 PM 431 Views
I think I do it in many cases, yeah... - 23/03/2010 05:19:13 PM 549 Views
That's what we were taught in school as well - 23/03/2010 02:35:29 PM 523 Views
That's what I thought of, too. - 23/03/2010 05:42:14 PM 527 Views
Re: Do you really need to have two different pronunciations of "the"? - 23/03/2010 02:46:41 PM 658 Views
As long as you don't say, "should of" 'cos then I must beat you. - 23/03/2010 05:49:09 PM 569 Views
Re: As long as you don't say, "should of" 'cos then I must beat you. - 23/03/2010 06:09:27 PM 452 Views
"Should've" versus "should of" - 23/03/2010 06:46:37 PM 525 Views
Sounds like we're on thee same page. - 23/03/2010 06:58:21 PM 600 Views
I tend to use both - 23/03/2010 10:06:01 PM 521 Views
I think that there are people who pronounce The with that convention - 23/03/2010 02:47:59 PM 541 Views
Unfortunately you chose two very bad examples. - 23/03/2010 02:48:42 PM 742 Views
British English is weird oO - 23/03/2010 02:59:49 PM 553 Views
I don't. - 23/03/2010 03:04:22 PM 555 Views
Right - 23/03/2010 03:10:08 PM 535 Views
duly noted - 23/03/2010 03:10:16 PM 510 Views
I do! - 23/03/2010 10:57:48 PM 529 Views
Shut up, Frenchie! - 23/03/2010 11:03:21 PM 488 Views
Hehe - 23/03/2010 03:06:31 PM 468 Views
"Park Life!" *NM* - 23/03/2010 03:09:24 PM 199 Views
*NM* - 23/03/2010 03:10:35 PM 234 Views
Heh, thanks for bringing this up. *NM* - 23/03/2010 04:37:07 PM 258 Views
That was my immediate reaction to this post! *NM* - 23/03/2010 05:21:16 PM 324 Views
"y" is a consonant? or the "u" sound - 23/03/2010 09:02:57 PM 661 Views
Hopefully this will explain. - 23/03/2010 11:29:58 PM 578 Views
Re: Hopefully this will explain. - 25/03/2010 08:40:21 PM 722 Views
I've only just discovered I do it. - 23/03/2010 11:02:18 PM 452 Views
AH! - 26/03/2010 11:48:35 AM 446 Views
Whatever the nativespeakers say - 23/03/2010 05:01:16 PM 510 Views
Do you mean "consistent"? If not, I can't work out what you mean by "consequent". - 23/03/2010 05:05:38 PM 472 Views
I can testify that that one is a terribly annoying false friend in Dutch. And apparently in Swedish. - 23/03/2010 05:10:03 PM 611 Views
What do people confuse "eventual" with? "Eventful"? - 23/03/2010 05:12:02 PM 480 Views
You never realize even the most obvious of these things in your own language. - 23/03/2010 05:16:35 PM 539 Views
"Gift" has amused me ever since I started learning German. - 23/03/2010 05:39:48 PM 421 Views
*NM* - 23/03/2010 07:45:48 PM 252 Views
Oh, it must be an incredibly important word to know when visiting Europe. - 23/03/2010 08:12:19 PM 529 Views
Even so. - 23/03/2010 08:29:52 PM 528 Views
I wasnt invited! - 23/03/2010 09:04:16 PM 521 Views
You were so. - 23/03/2010 09:05:58 PM 453 Views
Nah, it's not about EFL, it's about Dutch-English false friends. - 23/03/2010 05:17:28 PM 649 Views
Wait! The English eventual doesnt mean that? - 23/03/2010 05:21:19 PM 501 Views
English "eventual" means something like "in the end". - 23/03/2010 05:23:33 PM 492 Views
Whoops! - 23/03/2010 05:26:05 PM 513 Views
LOL what is it with you today?? *NM* - 23/03/2010 07:57:33 PM 267 Views
You mean that I'm usually brighter? - 23/03/2010 08:13:04 PM 514 Views
How would you translate eventueel into English? "Potential"? "The possibility of"? - 23/03/2010 05:23:58 PM 589 Views
I think I'd ditch the adjective and switch the sentence around to a different construction. - 23/03/2010 05:33:19 PM 616 Views
Do you only use it for future? Or all possible things that may or may not be? - 23/03/2010 10:27:16 PM 514 Views
Dutch is way closer to Norwegian than to Danish. - 23/03/2010 11:07:51 PM 468 Views
Re: Dutch is way closer to Norwegian than to Danish. - 23/03/2010 11:09:54 PM 581 Views
*nods* Similar, but not the same, then. - 23/03/2010 11:12:37 PM 489 Views
Re: *nods* Similar, but not the same, then. - 23/03/2010 11:22:52 PM 439 Views
Isn't that T an adverbial marker, then? - 23/03/2010 11:28:01 PM 522 Views
Ah, that's the right word, yes. - 23/03/2010 05:10:19 PM 474 Views
konsekvent - 23/03/2010 06:22:26 PM 494 Views
We need to make a Dutch-Norwegian-Swedish mixture language to replace English, clearly. *NM* - 23/03/2010 06:27:23 PM 349 Views
Re: We need to make a Dutch-Norwegian-Swedish mixture language to replace English, clearly. - 23/03/2010 06:28:47 PM 595 Views
This is an excellent point. - 23/03/2010 08:23:42 PM 401 Views
*clears throat* *NM* - 23/03/2010 07:58:21 PM 238 Views
Okay, we'll let Austrian join too. - 23/03/2010 08:00:26 PM 404 Views
Cool! I'm in! - 23/03/2010 08:16:32 PM 503 Views
I've no doubt its grammar is awesome... making more sense, that sounds rather less likely. *NM* - 23/03/2010 08:23:10 PM 305 Views
Don't listen to her - 23/03/2010 08:24:06 PM 466 Views
Hmpf! Böse Kartoffel! - 23/03/2010 09:05:37 PM 530 Views
Like Esperanto but with germanic roots? Me likey! *NM* - 24/03/2010 04:43:59 PM 266 Views
Nopes. - 23/03/2010 05:03:18 PM 493 Views
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I don't, but I'm American, and apparently that makes the difference. - 23/03/2010 05:55:10 PM 544 Views
Try it with a bunch of words starting with vowels, then. - 23/03/2010 05:59:03 PM 460 Views
"thuh" for the first two, seems like "thee" for the rest. - 23/03/2010 06:08:14 PM 562 Views
The (thuh) for all of them. - 23/03/2010 09:53:16 PM 486 Views
Thee for all of them *NM* - 23/03/2010 09:54:58 PM 301 Views
Me too. *NM* - 23/03/2010 09:59:16 PM 263 Views
Thee for all! o/ - 24/03/2010 08:37:23 PM 531 Views
I don't know if we need to, but it would sound silly if we didn't - 23/03/2010 06:05:53 PM 453 Views
Re: I don't know if we need to, but it would sound silly if we didn't - 23/03/2010 06:26:30 PM 623 Views
Just go with instinct - 23/03/2010 06:29:52 PM 493 Views
Quit while you're behind... - 23/03/2010 08:58:26 PM 513 Views
Unless you like to use archaic English, that is - 23/03/2010 09:20:26 PM 490 Views
I somehow doubt that - 25/03/2010 08:09:44 PM 621 Views
I like it - 23/03/2010 06:23:06 PM 507 Views
You sound like him - 23/03/2010 06:32:09 PM 531 Views
Re: You sound like him - 23/03/2010 06:33:03 PM 571 Views
Oh!!! That's just the kind of teacher I'm going to be! *NM* - 23/03/2010 09:06:26 PM 429 Views
Haha good stuff *NM* - 23/03/2010 09:24:37 PM 269 Views
Never heard of that before. *NM* - 23/03/2010 08:18:48 PM 190 Views
I do it - 23/03/2010 09:32:04 PM 445 Views
Same here. *NM* - 23/03/2010 09:33:51 PM 292 Views
I have never heard that before in my life. - 26/03/2010 11:46:44 AM 584 Views

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