Teutonic English

[Ellidi]

What is the mean of ''nay''?

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nay#Adverb

[Versteher]

nay, Fair Feruza, meaneth: no, njet, ei, la..

[Feruza]

nay, Fair Feruza, meaneth: no, njet, ei, la..

In what tongues is 'la'?

[Versteher]

la meaneth nay in the wonderful Arabic tongue.

[Feruza]

la meaneth nay in the wonderful Arabic tongue.

Arabic tongue is not wonderful. It doesn't live nowdays.

[Feruza]

And the word "ei" (that meaneth nay) in what tongue?

[Ellidi]

And the word "ei" (that meaneth nay) in what tongue?

In the præ-reform spelling of the Danish tongue ei is alike English not, but unlike no, id est it is not to be used on its own in answers to Ja-Nein-Fragen. After that reform (1948) it should be spelt ej.

[RockyRaccoon]

Цитата:
Feruza Сегодня в 19:10

And the word "ei" (that meaneth nay) in
what tongue?

In the præ-reform spelling of the
Danish tongue ei is alike English not, but unlike no,
id est it is not to be used on its own in answers to Ja-Nein-Fragen.
After that reform (1948) it should be spelt ej.

I suppose things are much simpler: Versteher meant the "ei" that meanth "no" in the wonderful Finnish language. And, if I am not mistaken, in the wonderful Estonian language as well.