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Here’s your shot!
Grammar I Hear Dee 26/02/2024 Grammar I Hear Dee 26/02/2024

Here’s your shot!

Here’s your shot!

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Purpose clauses
Grammar I Hear Dee 22/06/2023 Grammar I Hear Dee 22/06/2023

Purpose clauses

for to do something…

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I can’t say that I know
Grammar I Hear Dee 18/05/2023 Grammar I Hear Dee 18/05/2023

I can’t say that I know

I can’t say that I know…

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Comparing Swadesh lists
Culture notes, Grammar I Hear Dee 08/05/2023 Culture notes, Grammar I Hear Dee 08/05/2023

Comparing Swadesh lists

Shaetlan is further removed from Scots and English than Swedish is from Norwegian

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Positive No
Grammar I Hear Dee 28/03/2023 Grammar I Hear Dee 28/03/2023

Positive No

No, that was splendid!

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Personal datives
Grammar I Hear Dee 11/03/2023 Grammar I Hear Dee 11/03/2023

Personal datives

A’m funn me a meme!

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Pronoun tags
Grammar I Hear Dee 23/02/2023 Grammar I Hear Dee 23/02/2023

Pronoun tags

Pronoun tags emphasise the subject in the clause

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Inflected possessives
Grammar, Hidden in plain sight I Hear Dee 15/01/2023 Grammar, Hidden in plain sight I Hear Dee 15/01/2023

Inflected possessives

Possessives inflect for plural

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Comparing Shaetlan, Swedish and English grammar
Culture notes, Grammar I Hear Dee 11/01/2023 Culture notes, Grammar I Hear Dee 11/01/2023

Comparing Shaetlan, Swedish and English grammar

Shaetlan’s grammar is more similar to Swedish than to Standard English.

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Comparing Shaetlan and English grammar
Culture notes, Grammar I Hear Dee 14/12/2022 Culture notes, Grammar I Hear Dee 14/12/2022

Comparing Shaetlan and English grammar

Shaetlan’s grammar is not “mainly English“.

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Singular we
Grammar, Hidden in plain sight I Hear Dee 03/12/2022 Grammar, Hidden in plain sight I Hear Dee 03/12/2022

Singular we

Singular we

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Reciprocals
Grammar, Hidden in plain sight I Hear Dee 01/12/2022 Grammar, Hidden in plain sight I Hear Dee 01/12/2022

Reciprocals

Reciprocal constructions in Shaetlan

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Tae be laek tae
Grammar I Hear Dee 22/11/2022 Grammar I Hear Dee 22/11/2022

Tae be laek tae

Expressing expectations in Shaetlan

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sae vs so
Grammar I Hear Dee 14/11/2022 Grammar I Hear Dee 14/11/2022

sae vs so

Shaetlan has two words that can both translate to StE 'so'

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Duration with in
Grammar, Hidden in plain sight I Hear Dee 15/10/2022 Grammar, Hidden in plain sight I Hear Dee 15/10/2022

Duration with in

Expressing duration with in

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Wi dat sam
Grammar, Hidden in plain sight I Hear Dee 28/09/2022 Grammar, Hidden in plain sight I Hear Dee 28/09/2022

Wi dat sam

Shaetlan has a number of phrasemes that neatly translate into one StE word.

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Comparing as and ir
Grammar I Hear Dee 06/07/2022 Grammar I Hear Dee 06/07/2022

Comparing as and ir

Comparing things: as and ir.

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Tae ging til da skül
Grammar, Hidden in plain sight I Hear Dee 21/06/2022 Grammar, Hidden in plain sight I Hear Dee 21/06/2022

Tae ging til da skül

Tae ging til da skül: when to use “tae” and when to use “til”

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When to use hit and when to use it
Grammar I Hear Dee 27/04/2022 Grammar I Hear Dee 27/04/2022

When to use hit and when to use it

Shaetlan has two forms that both translate to StE 'it': hit and it. They are not used in exactly the same ways.

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fir and fur
Grammar I Hear Dee 20/04/2022 Grammar I Hear Dee 20/04/2022

fir and fur

fir is a preposition and fur is a conjunction

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