Re: [help-GIFT] Dutch for beginners [ot]

[Tuurlijk!]

Op 7-jul-04 om 9:38 heeft Wolfgang Müller het volgende geschreven:

> On Wednesday 07 July 2004 07:29, Tuurlijk! wrote:
> > > > Tuurlijk!
> > >
> > > Is the translation of this "'tüllich" in German?
> > > Cheers,
> > > Wolfgang
> >
> > The translation to english is 'of course!'.
>
> Sure. "tüllich" is the short form of "natürlich" which means 
> "naturally". I
> would expect "turrlijk" to be a short form of "natuurlijk"?? Or do I 
> just
> have to much fantasy?

Right, the strict translation would be 'course!', although I doubt that 
this is used in english at all. Tuurlijk! is the short form of 
Natuurlijk!. Actually the corrct translation to english would be 
'Naturally!', but then the short version, which I don't think exists.

*sigh*

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