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Nick Piesco (bohemian@futuresouth.com) wrote:
: Jan van den Broek (goosnargh@xs4all.nl) wrote:

: : bohemian@futuresouth.com (Nick Piesco) schreef:
: : 
: : >[1] I'm thinking this should be something along the lines of 'Dank u, ik
: : >    heb ge[something]', so this is where I'd throw in the German past
: : >    participle ('geubt') and hope no-one would notice. (Actually, now
that
: : >    I think of it I'm not even sure if I conjugated 'hebben' right.)
: : 
: : "heb" is right. The "[something]"-verb you were looking for is "oefenen";
: : the complete translation would be "Dank u, ik heb geoefend".

: Dank u.

: (I'd be more specific and thank you for helping me, but 'helpen' had to go
: and be irregular. [Well it may not be actually, but it is in German,
: hence my caution.]) [1]

: --N.

: [1] Did anyone here besides Rita know that direct object of the verb for
:     'to help' [2] takes the dative case in both German and Russian? [3]

so does latin.  ancient greek probably does as well.  

: [2] 'Helfen' and 'pomogat'', respectively.
: [3] Does anyone here including Rita care?

i care, but i don't know german (or whatever language that is)

  kristen

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