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Grammar pedants - help please.

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ChrisHB Jul 2020 11:08pm, 17 Jul 2020 19,538 posts	Quote Pin ChrisHB In English, apparently the N'T suffix, or 'M, 'VE In French, Y & EN, SE, so s'en aller has two of them In Italian s'en aller becomes andarsene where andar(e) = to go, SE is the same as in French and NE is EN in French. je m'en vais becomes io me ne vado.
swittle Jul 2020 12:00pm, 18 Jul 2020 65,938 posts	Quote Pin swittle The Latin enclitic particle -ne, added to the word that is to be emphasised, implies a question that expects neither an affirmatory nor a negative answer. 'meministine me in senatu dicere?' 'Do you remember I spoke [or 'said [this]'] in the senate?' [Cicero, Cat.]
sallykate Jul 2020 2:38pm, 18 Jul 2020 6,766 posts	Quote Pin sallykate Does it include suffixes which indicate a diminutive form - e.g. in Dutch, -je added to a word makes it a little one. En fluitje = literally a little whistle, actually a 200ml glass of beer instead of the standard 250ml.
Badger Jul 2020 2:54pm, 18 Jul 2020 12,543 posts	Quote Pin Badger Sounds right, along with things like -ling in duckling or gosling.
swittle Jul 2020 5:25pm, 18 Jul 2020 65,945 posts	Quote Pin swittle Italian forenames: Carlo, Carlito, Maria, Marietta, and many others. Camera, cameretta; I had a look at more variants here: https://www.thoughtco.com/alteration-in-italian-diminutives-2011565#:~:text=In%20Italian%2C%20diminutives%20(alterati%20diminutivi,and%20visitina%20(short%20visit).
Columba Jul 2020 9:32pm, 18 Jul 2020 20,024 posts	Quote Pin Columba Thank you all. I'm getting the idea.
larkim Aug 2020 3:22pm, 10 Aug 2020 11,633 posts	Quote Pin larkim I quite like the potential irony of picture of the placard from the protesting student in this BBC article, if English was one of their subjects... bbc.co.uk
LindsD Aug 2020 4:02pm, 10 Aug 2020 39,669 posts	Quote Pin LindsD
ChrisHB Aug 2020 2:18pm, 27 Aug 2020 19,656 posts	Quote Pin ChrisHB I hope that was written by someone without GCSE English. But I imagine the author and their boss are graduates of our world-beating universities.
LindsD Aug 2020 2:58pm, 27 Aug 2020 40,132 posts	Quote Pin LindsD weeps