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Philip Newton ([personal profile] pne) wrote2008-09-03 07:55 am
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Amyism

(In the context of coming home from kindergarten.)

Amy: “Ich will nicht, dass du kommst und mich aufhebst nicht!”

(Spot the English and Afrikaans.)

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[identity profile] fridoline.livejournal.com 2008-09-03 01:22 pm (UTC)(link)
The English is of course the "come and pick me up", so the Afrikaans must be the negation at the end of the sentence.
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[identity profile] pne.livejournal.com 2008-09-03 01:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Right!

As far as I know, Afrikaans has double negation, with one part coming at the end of the sentence.
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