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[Stitchawl]

Yo! Word up, homes! Don't be dissin' my main homie or she be busting a cap in your general direction. She bad with a nine, you know what I'm saying, even with 5-O sniffin.
We best chill, you dig?




Stitchawl

[Iridal]

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

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but! it is; "my sister and I"...

It's the same in Dutch. Whenever I say 'me and my sister' (ik en mijn zus) my father yells: it's 'my sister and I' (mijn zus en ik)! The donkey always comes last!

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

Yo! Word up, homes! Don't be dissin' my main homie or she be busting a cap in your general direction. She bad with a nine, you know what I'm saying, even with 5-O sniffin.
We best chill, you dig?

Oh boy ...

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by Iridal

It's the same in Dutch. Whenever I say 'me and my sister' (ik en mijn zus) my father yells: it's 'my sister and I' (mijn zus en ik)! The donkey always comes last!

That seems to be a slightly different mistake. If (in a quick google) I've got the Dutch pronouns right, "me and my sister" is the equivalent of the Dutch "mij en mijn zus".

Although it's also true in English that "I and my sister" just doesn't sounds right.

[Iridal]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

That seems to be a slightly different mistake. If (in a quick google) I've got the Dutch pronouns right, "me and my sister" is the equivalent of the Dutch "mij en mijn zus".

Although it's also true in English that "I and my sister" just doesn't sounds right.

It's the same grammatical mistake I think:
me and my sister vs my sister and me (or my sister and I, which seems to be the correct way to say this)
ik en mijn zus vs mijn zus en ik

Just like 'I and my sister' doesn't sound right, 'mij en mijn zus' doesn't sound right either.

I should have written:

Whenever I say 'me and my sister' (ik en mijn zus) my father yells: it's 'my sister and me' (mijn zus en ik)!

[desertblues]

Originally Posted by Iridal

It's the same in Dutch. Whenever I say 'me and my sister' (ik en mijn zus) my father yells: it's 'my sister and I' (mijn zus en ik)!..............

Ahem, Iridal, Dutch is not Flemish as you know! I like Flemish for its unusual words that we don't know or use in the Dutch language.

I learned that it is not polite to put your name/person first in a sentence: so never ' I and my sister' but always 'my sister and I' .

[Iridal]

Originally Posted by desertblues

Ahem, Iridal, Dutch is not Flemish as you know! I like Flemish for its unusual words that we don't know or use in the Dutch language.

Well, I'm pretty sure we have the same grammatical rules. In school we were taught 'algemeen Nederlands'. But I totally agree, Flemish sounds so much better than Dutch

My parents live right next to the border. They go shopping in Hulst. One time I found a dictionary Dutch - Flemish. Subtitle: van ambetanterik tot zwanzen. I thought that was really funny. Those are words I use often, but I never thought about the fact that the Dutch don't understand those words.

(A couple of weeks ago, a Dutch friend told me the Flemish accent is really charming. I'm guessing he never heard anyone from the West of Flanders talking ).

[desertblues]

Originally Posted by Iridal

Well, I'm pretty sure we have the same grammatical rules. In school we were taught 'algemeen Nederlands'. But I totally agree, Flemish sounds so much better than Dutch

My parents live right next to the border. They go shopping in Hulst. One time I found a dictionary Dutch - Flemish. Subtitle: van ambetanterik tot zwanzen. I thought that was really funny. Those are words I use often, but I never thought about the fact that the Dutch don't understand those words.

(A couple of weeks ago, a Dutch friend told me the Flemish accent is really charming. I'm guessing he never heard anyone from the West of Flanders talking ).

Yes, our Dutch sounds so much harder and impolite in my ears than Flemish. Flemish really has a more softer and lovelier sound to the ear.

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

Yo! Word up, homes! Don't be dissin' my main homie or she be busting a cap in your general direction. She bad with a nine, you know what I'm saying, even with 5-O sniffin.
We best chill, you dig?




Stitchawl

Groovy!

[Rumpelteazer]

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

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ok, I know you are an english as a second language speaker and do a REMARKABLE job at it!!!! but! it is; "my sister and I"...

Ooops. You're completely right in correcting me. I studied English so I shouldn't make mistakes like this! My only excuse is that it was nearly 3am after a long day and I didn't reread before posting .

[desertblues]

Originally Posted by Rumpelteazer

Ooops. You're completely right in correcting me. I studied English so I shouldn't make mistakes like this! My only excuse is that it was nearly 3am after a long day and I didn't reread before posting .

Well, I didn't study English, but hobble along without grammar- or dictionary, as I equally do with German, French, a bit of Spanish and a few words of Italian; so all, bear with me and I don't mind correcting from any one

[kennyc]

Hell, I ONLY speak/write English and probably make more grammatical mistakes then you guys that I admire for knowing multiple languages!

[bjones6416]

Me and my mom are having breakfast. Wanna make something of it?

[desertblues]

Originally Posted by bjones6416

Me and my mom are having breakfast. Wanna make something of it?

That's a nice thing to do on a sunday; having breakfast with your mom. I would like a 4 1/2 minute egg please.
Take care, Betty and greetings from overseas to your mother.

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by bjones6416

Me and my mom are having breakfast. Wanna make something of it?

Whatcha having?

[Stitchawl]

Originally Posted by bjones6416

Me and my mom are having breakfast. Wanna make something of it?

Are you making her drink Liptons?






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