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korla
on April 14, 2023
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Further: e: dialectal version of "det", i.e. "it" öa, åa: adding an a on the end of a noun is a dialectal way of expressing "the 'ö'" and "the 'å'", respectively.
CRConrad
on April 18, 2023
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But the 'e' doesn't precede any of the forms 'åa' or 'öa', but only the indeterminate 'å' and 'ö'. The 'e' is definitely 'en', not 'det'.
kzrdude
on April 14, 2023
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Wouldn't "e" just be a contraction of "en" in this sentence? Is it "det" in the dialect?
CRConrad
on April 18, 2023
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No, you're right, it's "en": "...en å, och i ån är en ö". "Det" would be totally ungrammatical, dialect or no dialect.
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