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JCC Grammar quiz, or why we love English

Discussion in 'Community' started by Jabbadabbado, Nov 2, 2015.

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  1. Abadacus

    Abadacus Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    That list is nonsense because English is the nonsense language of Germans trying to be Latin. Don't even try to make sense of it.
    How's this for second-person pronouns?
    Nominative: Te
    Accusitive: Téged
    Dative: Neked
    Instrumental: Veled
    Causative: Érted
    Inessive: Benned
    Superessive: Rajtad
    Adessive: Nálad
    Illative: Beléd
    Sublative: Rád/Reád
    Allative: Hozzád
    Elative: Belőled
    Delative: Rólad
    Ablative: Tőled
    Possessive: Tied/Tiéd

    Leaving out reflexives, formal usage, plurals and many other possibilities for the sake of sanity (and not spending hours typing it out into a table).
     
    Abadacus, Nov 3, 2015
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  2. Jabbadabbado

    Jabbadabbado Manager Emeritus star 7 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    there are so many days when I miss the casus ablativi.
     
    Jabbadabbado, Nov 3, 2015
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  3. GrandAdmiralJello

    GrandAdmiralJello Comms Admin ❉ Moderator Communitatis Litterarumque star 10 Staff Member Administrator

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    Oooooh indirect statement! Don't you love accusative/infinitive constructions?

    US of course.


    Missa ab iPhona mea est.
     
    GrandAdmiralJello , Nov 3, 2015
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  4. Darth Punk

    Darth Punk JCC Manager star 7 Staff Member Manager

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    can i have my money back then?
     
    Darth Punk , Nov 3, 2015
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  5. Ender Sai

    Ender Sai Chosen One star 10

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    Iello you are not playing this game in an amusing and flippant manner. :(
     
    Ender Sai, Nov 3, 2015
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  6. Ramza

    Ramza Administrator Emeritus star 9 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    The correct answer here is "us no good, freeloading".
     
    Ramza, Nov 3, 2015
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  7. Ender Sai

    Ender Sai Chosen One star 10

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    Surely it's "them"

    "The Head Admin told "them" free loadin', no darn good JCC members..."

    [face_flag]
     
    Ender Sai, Nov 3, 2015
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  8. GrandAdmiralJello

    GrandAdmiralJello Comms Admin ❉ Moderator Communitatis Litterarumque star 10 Staff Member Administrator

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    Normally I'm 100% about amusing and flippant responses, but firstly you have it covered and secondly grammar is like my addiction. I can't help it.
     
    GrandAdmiralJello , Nov 3, 2015
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  9. EmpireForever

    EmpireForever Force Ghost star 8

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    I don't know where else to ask this question, but this thread seems anally retentive enough to take it seriously.

    What's the deal with the letter y? Sometimes a vowel? Why can't it choose an identity? Is it ashamed of being a vowel? When the other consonants come around, does it pretend to not know the vowels? You're either a vowel or a consonant, and I feel like it should really just accept what it is even if it is afraid of not being accepted by the other letters. There's no shame in being a vowel.
     
    EmpireForever, Nov 3, 2015
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  10. Jabbadabbado

    Jabbadabbado Manager Emeritus star 7 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    Jabbadabbado, Nov 4, 2015
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  11. Darth Punk

    Darth Punk JCC Manager star 7 Staff Member Manager

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    y'all should watch mongrel nation - a series of documentaries by eddie izzard. the tldr is that over the years, we have been invaded multiple times, but never eradicated, and as a result have absorbed all our ineffectual conqueror's inferior words. try being as resilient as we are, for as long as we have been - then complain.

    seriously, try
     
    Darth Punk , Nov 4, 2015
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