Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2005 21:11:38 GMT From: Paul Halliday <pjghnospamyonder.co.uk> Subject: OT: Vart tog v=?ISO-8859-1?B?5GdlbiB25A==?=gen? [WAS: Re: I'm thinking of rejoining the fold....]
in article XuXye.141616$dP1.494892nospamc.telia.net, th at someguynospamwhere.se wrote on 06/07/2005 21:51: >> <snip>Below is the phrase in question from my current .sig >>>> Var tog v”gen v”gen? >>> "Where train street street" is what your sentence means in Swedish. >> "Where did the road go?" It's a play on words where the same word used twice >> has a different meaning, given the context, like "ska vi ha sex klockan >> sex?" :) >> >> Train is tÂg, anyway ... > > and "v”g" is road, street more corresponds to "gata" a word you still > can find in older English east coast cities influenced by the vikings: > "Kings Gate" is something I have seen in Lincoln, I guess York has > something similar. Indeed it does ... Thanks ... I understand the difference much better now. It does make more sense in Swedish, given the more rigid "gridiron" layout of a lot of towns, but York does have actual gates at the end of the gaten. > Just to correct the grammar: "Vart tog v”gen v”gen?" is the correct > expression. "Where" can be translated either into "vart" if it's a > direction involved, or into "var" if it's just a position, like in > "Where are you?" = "Var ”r du?". Compare with "Where are you going?" = > "Vart gÂr du?" Noted! Like "Vart tog han v”gen?" ... "Where has he gone?" > End of Swedish grammar lesson (part 1?). I hope ... It's hard enough learning a language as an adult. Someone who actually speaks the language as a counterpoint in very useful indeed! > A more complicated example: > > - Far, fÂr fÂr fÂr? > - Nej, fÂr fÂr inte fÂr, fÂr fÂr lamm. > > - Father, does sheep give birth to sheep? > - No, sheep don't give birth to sheep, sheep give birth to lamb. > (or maybe it can be made shorter by someone who is more fluent in English?) I'll definitely remember this one! > Sorry for the very off-topic post! Not at all. The SAAB experience is much more than just the car ... :) Paul Vart tog v”gen v”gen? SAAB : Nothing on earth comes close
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