XPost: alt.usage.english, soc.culture.german   
   From: rh@rudhar.com   
      
   Sun, 7 Apr 2024 13:31:51 -0000 (UTC): Antonio Marques   
    scribeva:   
      
   >Stefan Ram  wrote:   
   >> Antonio Marques  wrote or quoted:   
   >>> Christian Weisgerber  wrote:   
   >>>> On 2024-04-05, wugi  wrote:   
   >>>>>> Es ist ein Schutz, wie eine Haut, bei Birken, Linden, Eichen.   
   >>>>>> Doch wenn man was bestimmtes isst, mag man's daran nicht leiden.   
   >>> My broken german read it as   
   >>> 'but if one that certain (thing) eats, may one it thereat not suffer' =   
   >>> 'but if one eats this thing, one may not complain about it'.   
   >>   
   >>   "Mag" above does not mean "may", but "like". The "leiden" at   
   >>   the end is actually redundant. One can say "Ich mag Computer   
   >>   nicht.", or "Ich mag Computer nicht leiden.", or "Ich kann   
   >>   Computer nicht leiden", all meaning "I don't like computers.".   
   >   
   >I didn't know about 'mag...leiden'.   
      
   I did. Because it also exists in Dutch, as 'mag ... lijden'.   
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