Monday, January 01, 2018

The name Santa Claus and English Grammar

My research:
V
ARIANTS: KlausNicoNiko (German)
FEMININE FORMS: NicolNicolaNicoleNikola (German)
OTHER LANGUAGES/CULTURES: NicolausNikolaos (Ancient Greek)Nikola (Basque)NikolaNikolaiNikolay (Bulgarian)Nicolau (Catalan)NikolaNikicaNikoNikša (Croatian)MikulášMikolášMikulaNikola (Czech)NicolaasNikolaasKaiKlaasNickNicoNiek (Dutch)NicholasColinCollinNicNickNickolasNickyNikNikolas (English)NikolaoNiĉjo (Esperanto)Nigul (Estonian)NiklasKaiKlausLaunoNiiloNiko (Finnish)Nicolas (French)KaiKayKlaes (Frisian)Nicolau (Galician)NikolozNikaNikoNikusha (Georgian)NicolaosNikolaosNikNikolasNikos (Greek)MiklósKolosMiksa (Hungarian)Nioclás (Irish)NiccolòNicolaNicoNicolaoNicolò (Italian)Nikolajs (Latvian)Klaos (Limburgish)Klaas (Low German)NikolaNikolčeNikolche (Macedonian)Nikora (Maori)NicholNicolCol (Medieval English)NiklasKaiKlausNils (Norwegian)Mikołaj (Polish)NicolauNico (Portuguese)NicolaeNeculaiNicuNicușor (Romanian)NikolaiNikolayKolya (Russian)NeacelNicholNicol (Scottish)NikolaNikica (Serbian)Mikuláš (Slovak)MiklavžNikolaNikolajNikNiko (Slovene)NicolásNico (Spanish)NiklasClaesKaiKlasNils (Swedish)Mykola (Ukrainian)

Nike is gree for victory. Laos means people. 
People's victory. Victory (of the) people.  Look what that sentence tells you about English sentence contruction. In Chinese, Hebrew and many languages, it is suicient to use a noun followed by an adjective. In English we specifiy a relationship or connection word. The adjective has to belong to the noun. Otherwise we get sentences where a phrase is added at the end and police shoot a body with a gun. Did they shoot a body already dead. Did the man they shot (object of sentence) have a gun or was the gun owned by the police (subject of sentence)?

My conclusion


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