05-01-2020, 09:57 PM
Anton, I think as a native speaker of a Germanic language I have a different gut feeling about this.
First of all, yes, hastu is a case of clision and should be translated as "hast du". This is still extremely common in spoken Flemish today. For example, I would pronounce "hebt ge" as "hebde". The clision is so strong that in informal writing (texting with friends) I could even write "hebde" even though this form is not standard.
The hastu is the implied conditional. Have you half a cup? Then take....
Willst du ... machen, so nim... ---> IF you want to make..., THEN take...
In other words, in these cases the "so" connects the "nim" clause to the condition set by the previous clause. In case of..., then take...
I'm sure that "so nim" can be used in other cases, but the implied conditional is something I'm seeing a lot.
First of all, yes, hastu is a case of clision and should be translated as "hast du". This is still extremely common in spoken Flemish today. For example, I would pronounce "hebt ge" as "hebde". The clision is so strong that in informal writing (texting with friends) I could even write "hebde" even though this form is not standard.
The hastu is the implied conditional. Have you half a cup? Then take....
Willst du ... machen, so nim... ---> IF you want to make..., THEN take...
In other words, in these cases the "so" connects the "nim" clause to the condition set by the previous clause. In case of..., then take...
I'm sure that "so nim" can be used in other cases, but the implied conditional is something I'm seeing a lot.