[B-Greek] Classroom metalanguage
Carl Conrad
cwconrad2 at mac.com
Thu Feb 25 12:32:14 EST 2010
On Feb 25, 2010, at 12:02 PM, Eric Inman wrote:
> I guess "ham" is commonly used in everyday speech instead of "haben".
Bayrisch -- Bavarian dialect. The "m" "ham" is contraction and asssimlation of the labial occlusive and the nasal "bn."
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> From: Carl Conrad <cwconrad2 at mac.com>
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> Sent: Thu, February 25, 2010 7:54:24 AM
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> My own introduction to "Fallen" Deutsch was many, many decades ago walking into a bakery on successive days in München to ask for "einen Brot" or "eine Brot" or "ein Brot," only to be giggled at by the girl behind the counter, who gaily called out, "Ach, Herr Conrad, Der, Die, Das ham Sie nie glernt!"
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
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