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The case government of the Faroese preposition fyri
in which someone or something is affected by an action in place of
someone or something else. The following examples will suffice to show
the range of the Substitutive fyri phrases.
(27) Annað [skipið] skal koma í staðin fyri Ternuna og hitt fyri
Smyril
(28) Umboðsmaður fyri: Lívstryggingina — Brunatryggingina ...
(29) Hon [umsetingin] er jú heldur ikki gjprd fyri Fróðskaparsetrið
men fyri eina privatfyritpku
(30) Har sigldi hann í langfart sum skipari fyri ein ríkan mann
(31) Oliver Efferspe kom so fyri sambandsflokkin á fólkatingið
(32) Hann gekk til Havnar at keypa firi fólk
(33) í teim pettunum, har prikkar standa fyri bókstavirnar ...
(34) nógvir av teim nýggju prestunum vóru meira og minni ólærdir
menn, sum teir vóru noyddir til at seta í embætini fyri teir
gomlu katólsku
Akin to these examples, but not strictly covered by the above definition,
are:
(35) Hin gamla kedlingin .. . var pðilig at síggja .. . og hevði klpur
firi neglur
(36) Hetta er eitt aðalverk, ið kann verða havt til fyridpmi fyri alla
kirkjuspguliga skriving
Common (Danish inspired) idiomatic expressions containing what is in
essence a Substitutive fyri phrase are: eg sigi fyri meg, eg sigi fyri mín
(egna) part and fyri mína skuld. The former two are most commonly
used in the first person singular, but any possessive adjective, singular
or plural, as well as a large number of noun phrases in the genitive, can
be placed between fyri and skuld.
3.4 Causative
This is the largest of the fyri accusative categories and comprises all
those examples in which the preposition establishes a causative relation
between one event or circumstance and another. Particularly common is
the Causative use of fyri in conjunction with words or expressions de-
noting such concepts as buying, selling, paying and obtaining payment,
and the giving or receiving of blame, punishment, thanks and praise.
The following examples can be considered typical members of this cate-
gory: