Hauke · @haukeheyen
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Simon · @simonwilliamson
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A blog for learning spoken on the island of in northern .
If you don't speak German, you can press 'mehr anzeigen' for each entry and you have an option to change it to English.
(, , ; )

liirnordfriisk.blogspot.com/

#frisian #frisistik #solring #northfrisian #sylt #germany #nordfriesisch

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Simon W · @simonwi1900
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Eddie Izzard trying communicate with a West Frisian speaker in Old English.
youtube.com/watch?v=cZY7iF4Wc9
The main misunderstanding comes from the fact that Old English had two words meaning 'to buy' - bycgan and ceapian. Modern English only uses the descendant of bycgan, but West Frisian only uses a cognate of ceapian - keapje (pronounced like 'kee-a-p'yer') (, , , ).

#oldenglish #frisistik #WestFrisian #frisian

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Simon W · @simonwi1900
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The present tense of 'to go' in the dialect spoken on the island of in Northern (, , ).

#germaniclanguages #frisian #frisistik #Germany #fohr #northfrisian

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Simon W · @simonwi1900
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The present tense of 'to drink' (correction) in the dialect spoken on the island of in Northern (, , ).

#germaniclanguages #frisian #frisistik #Germany #fohr #northfrisian

Last updated 2 years ago