Sun, 7 Apr 2024 13:31:51 -0000 (UTC): Antonio Marques
<no_email@invalid.invalid> scribeva:

>Stefan Ram <ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote:
>> Antonio Marques <no_email@invalid.invalid> wrote or quoted:
>>> Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> wrote:
>>>> On 2024-04-05, wugi <wugi@brol.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>> Es ist ein Schutz, wie eine Haut, bei Birken, Linden, Eichen.
>>>>>> Doch wenn man was bestimmtes isst, mag man's daran nicht leiden.
>>> My broken german read it as
>>> 'but if one that certain (thing) eats, may one it thereat not suffer' =
>>> 'but if one eats this thing, one may not complain about it'.
>>
>> "Mag" above does not mean "may", but "like". The "leiden" at
>> the end is actually redundant. One can say "Ich mag Computer
>> nicht.", or "Ich mag Computer nicht leiden.", or "Ich kann
>> Computer nicht leiden", all meaning "I don't like computers.".
>
>I didn't know about 'mag...leiden'.

I did. Because it also exists in Dutch, as 'mag ... lijden'.
--
Ruud Harmsen, https://rudhar.com

On 2024-04-07, Antonio Marques <no_email@invalid.invalid> wrote:

>>>>>> Es ist ein Schutz, wie eine Haut, bei Birken, Linden, Eichen.
>>>>>> Doch wenn man was bestimmtes isst, mag man's daran nicht leiden.
>>
> I didn't know about 'mag...leiden'.

"Leiden mögen", to use the citation form, is an idiomatic expression.
I don't think I actively use it. But yes, it means "to like". I
think today the same thing is mostly expressed with "leiden können"
or simple "mögen".

It's possible that "mögen" in the sense of 'to like' originated as
an ellipsis of "leiden mögen". "Mögen" and more obviously the 1./3.
present singular "mag" is cognate with English "may" and a modal
verb. Modal uses still exist, but the evolution into 'to like' is
remarkable. The past subjunctive "möchte" is in the process of
splitting off into a separate verb as evidenced by a spurious
infinitive "möchten", which parallels the split of "may"/"might"
in English, which are historically present and past of one verb,
but increasingly treated as separate verbs.

(Contrary to English, German modal verbs have non-finite forms.)

--
Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.inka.de

Ruud Harmsen <rh@rudhar.com> wrote:
> Sun, 7 Apr 2024 13:31:51 -0000 (UTC): Antonio Marques
> <no_email@invalid.invalid> scribeva:
>
>> Stefan Ram <ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote:
>>> Antonio Marques <no_email@invalid.invalid> wrote or quoted:
>>>> Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> wrote:
>>>>> On 2024-04-05, wugi <wugi@brol.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>>> Es ist ein Schutz, wie eine Haut, bei Birken, Linden, Eichen.
>>>>>>> Doch wenn man was bestimmtes isst, mag man's daran nicht leiden.
>>>> My broken german read it as
>>>> 'but if one that certain (thing) eats, may one it thereat not suffer' =
>>>> 'but if one eats this thing, one may not complain about it'.
>>>
>>> "Mag" above does not mean "may", but "like". The "leiden" at
>>> the end is actually redundant. One can say "Ich mag Computer
>>> nicht.", or "Ich mag Computer nicht leiden.", or "Ich kann
>>> Computer nicht leiden", all meaning "I don't like computers.".
>>
>> I didn't know about 'mag...leiden'.
>
> I did. Because it also exists in Dutch, as 'mag ... lijden'.

But is the origin 'can ... suffer'?
One can use 'tolerate' for 'like'...