On Apr 1, 2009, at 23:43, Arien wrote:
> The "-bar" suffix works the same way in Dutch and German here:
> "uitvoeren" ("execute") -> "uitvoerbaar" ("executable"), and
> "ausführen" ("execute") -> "ausführbar" ("executable").
Probably a morpheme from higher up in the Germanic family tree then.
> Another issue is that in Dutch you wouldn't use the imperative in
> cases like this one, you'd use the infinitive ("gaan", "uitvoeren",
> "doen" instead of "ga" "voer uit", "doe"). Same goes for German.
> Isn't that how it works in Swedish as well?
Swedish does what English does when labeling buttons like that.
The infinitive by itself will make people think of the act itself, and
so could fit nicely into menus, but not when the text is indicating
that it is what you'll be doing if you click it. Then we use the
imperative (which sometimes is a distinct word.)
- Ludvig
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