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Huth's reading of f116v: "gâs" as "ganz" confirmed in medieval German corpus
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(15-03-2026, 05:12 PM)Torsten wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.I would suggest that you ask Gemini whether "Nimm dies schnell" and "Nimm schnell dies" are both possible. "Dies" is a pronoun too — and both word orders work.

"mich" is a personal pronoun, and "dies" is a demonstrative pronoun, so they are not comparable in that way. 

But here is what you asked: 

AI wrote:"Nimm mich schnell" and "Nimm schnell mich"

No, only "Nimm mich schnell" is natural and correct.
"Nimm schnell mich" is almost always wrong or very unnatural."Nimm mich schnell." → Completely correct and idiomatic. (Take me quickly. / Grab me fast. / Pick me up quickly.)

"Nimm schnell mich." → Sounds very strange or outright incorrect to native speakers in almost all contexts.

Personal pronouns (like mich, dich, uns, etc.) as direct objects almost always come immediately after the verb in imperatives — they are very strongly attracted to the verb position. Putting the adverb between the verb and the pronoun breaks this strong preference.

The AI also said that the example with "dies" is technically grammatically correct in both, but that "nimm dies schnell" is far more natural.
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RE: Huth's reading of f116v: "gâs" as "ganz" confirmed in medieval German corpus - by eggyk - 15-03-2026, 05:50 PM

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