This is where we all spoil and adore our gorgeous, renowned, favorite and wonderful Queene. You are the bestestestestest Katharina.
My Queene, how hath you been since we parted? Tis been ages since we last communed. How hath your land been?
No one is to mess with the perfect baroque interior on pain of death (this means you, Delling).
Lithuanian has five numbers and 11 cases, which means there are 55 ways to say each noun and 165 ways to say each adjective. Discuss.
Hence the 'had' part of that sentence, knocked up a mutual friend and left her all on her own
Hence the 'had' part of that sentence , knocked up a mutual friend and left her all on her own
Ouch. I'll stick to Old English, thanks. Which, incidentally, has three numbers: one, two, and many. So "ic" is "I", "wit" is "we two", and "we" is "we", for example. The dual number doesn't really extend past pronouns, though.
*Knocks on the great oak doors with a ceremonial staff* I humbly beg -- fair majesty, mistress of all things cerebral, and guardian of the trivium, quadrivium and the all-virtuous -- entrance into your renowned and thrice-honoured court.
Quote from: darthkiwi on July 14, 2010, 12:23:49 PMOuch. I'll stick to Old English, thanks. Which, incidentally, has three numbers: one, two, and many. So "ic" is "I", "wit" is "we two", and "we" is "we", for example. The dual number doesn't really extend past pronouns, though.The dual is wonderful. I've only come across it once so far in my studies of Greek. Lithuanian has singular, dual, plural, superplural and indefinite.
Quote from: Deloria on July 14, 2010, 08:09:29 PMQuote from: darthkiwi on July 14, 2010, 12:23:49 PMOuch. I'll stick to Old English, thanks. Which, incidentally, has three numbers: one, two, and many. So "ic" is "I", "wit" is "we two", and "we" is "we", for example. The dual number doesn't really extend past pronouns, though.The dual is wonderful. I've only come across it once so far in my studies of Greek. Lithuanian has singular, dual, plural, superplural and indefinite. Unfortunately, they hardly use all 5 numbers with all nouns. The indefinite is entirely syncretic with the singular and is used with words that even we English speakers regard as having indefinite number: who/which, something/someone, and a reflexive pronoun (though I wonder if this list from wikipedia is exhaustive or not).IIRC, the superplural is used chiefly with a small set of words for the counting of groups of things (which I do find rather cool/useful).
I don't know much about jewels but that specimen is achingly beautiful.