| Re: My name is "Klaas de Vries", question about the insertion? |
Wanadoo, l'internet avec .. |
| John of Aix (j.murphy@libertysurf.fr) |
2004/03/02 03:07 |
>Hi all,
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>I am dutch.
>My name is "Klaas de Vries". My friend's name is "Jack van der Molen".
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>Ofcourse, my firstname is "Klaas" and my lastname is "de Vries".
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>How do you call the little insertion 'de' in my name?
>Or 'van der' in my friends name?
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>Is insertion the correct word?
Well nobody ever makes reference to this but if they did it would be
'particle' or more particularly 'nobiliary particle'.
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