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I'm 17.
I'm 17.
English vs. other West Germanic languages
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Wow, more and more posters are turing out to be rather young.
You're 17, and you don't care about girls???? Are you crazy man? I find that hard to believe.
You're 17, and you don't care about girls???? Are you crazy man? I find that hard to believe.
You know LAA, the thing with the internet - and especially this forum - is that you can pretend to be anyone.
<<sla het vat maar aan>>
means: "strike the barrel once more"
to translate it etymologically, word for word:
"slay the vat more one (once more)"
The reason why comparing English to Dutch/German vs. English to Romance seems to point in favor of a Romance association is due to the fact that the parnets of English and Dutch/German diverged some 2500-3000 years ago, and have had basically no contact since that time. French has had contact with English within the past 1000 years, so of course it looks more similar and has a greater resemblance. This comparison, however, cannot be used to draw any conclusion as to which language group English is more akin to. Even though English has drifted far from Dutch/German, that does not make it any less Teutonic (I hate the term "germanic" because it implies that German is somehow the standard by which to measure all teutonic languages, which it is not. German itself has drifted from its parent teutonic language, albeit in a different direction, just as English has.)
In time, English and Romance will begin to show greater divergence as well.
means: "strike the barrel once more"
to translate it etymologically, word for word:
"slay the vat more one (once more)"
The reason why comparing English to Dutch/German vs. English to Romance seems to point in favor of a Romance association is due to the fact that the parnets of English and Dutch/German diverged some 2500-3000 years ago, and have had basically no contact since that time. French has had contact with English within the past 1000 years, so of course it looks more similar and has a greater resemblance. This comparison, however, cannot be used to draw any conclusion as to which language group English is more akin to. Even though English has drifted far from Dutch/German, that does not make it any less Teutonic (I hate the term "germanic" because it implies that German is somehow the standard by which to measure all teutonic languages, which it is not. German itself has drifted from its parent teutonic language, albeit in a different direction, just as English has.)
In time, English and Romance will begin to show greater divergence as well.
self-correction:
<<to translate it etymologically, word for word:
"slay the vat more one (once more)" >>
I should have written:
"slay it vat more one (once more)"
<<to translate it etymologically, word for word:
"slay the vat more one (once more)" >>
I should have written:
"slay it vat more one (once more)"
The resemblance of English to Romance is therefore only cosmetic, it isn't real. It's skin deep.
-- Even though English has drifted far from Dutch/German--
In fact. Dutch and German resemble each other way more than English does to one of them, especially compared to their complex grammar since English developed to a more analytic language.
--that does not make it any less Teutonic (I hate the term "germanic" because it implies that German is somehow the standard--
you have to be careful with this term also, since 'teutonic' means everything related to Germany in most english-speaking countries. The German word for its country or language even shows that it is related to it: deutsch -> teutonic. In earlier times it even used to be the german term 'teutsc'.
In fact. Dutch and German resemble each other way more than English does to one of them, especially compared to their complex grammar since English developed to a more analytic language.
--that does not make it any less Teutonic (I hate the term "germanic" because it implies that German is somehow the standard--
you have to be careful with this term also, since 'teutonic' means everything related to Germany in most english-speaking countries. The German word for its country or language even shows that it is related to it: deutsch -> teutonic. In earlier times it even used to be the german term 'teutsc'.
<<sla het vat maar aan>>
translation:
Extract (draw out) the keg more/ Extract (draw out) more [from] the keg.
aanslaan here means "to draw out"
translation:
Extract (draw out) the keg more/ Extract (draw out) more [from] the keg.
aanslaan here means "to draw out"
-aanslaan here means "to draw out"-
Is this word related with German "anschlagen"?
Is this word related with German "anschlagen"?
<<Is this word related with German "anschlagen"? >>
Etymologically, yes, it is.
aan- + slaan; an- + schlagen
Dutch aan = German an (English on)
Dutch slaan = German schlagen (English slay)
German anschlagen = "strike, hit" usually
Although Dutch slaan means "strike", in aanslaan it no longer carries this connotation. Aanslaan can mean "levy tax; extract; rally; blur/blind/dim; bounce; alert"
Etymologically, yes, it is.
aan- + slaan; an- + schlagen
Dutch aan = German an (English on)
Dutch slaan = German schlagen (English slay)
German anschlagen = "strike, hit" usually
Although Dutch slaan means "strike", in aanslaan it no longer carries this connotation. Aanslaan can mean "levy tax; extract; rally; blur/blind/dim; bounce; alert"
Sla het vat maar aan = literally "hit the keg", or "tap the keg" as it's actually meaning.
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