Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 09:12:29 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in>, Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>, "G. Adam Stanislav" <adam@whizkidtech.net>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Generd in Indo-European languages (was: Laugh: [Fwd: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS01-008]) Message-ID: <20010213091228.A47700@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20010212144713.046424e0@localhost>; from brett@lariat.org on Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 02:47:43PM -0700 References: <3A81DDC9.EF6D7D84@originative.co.uk> <3.0.6.32.20010207223155.009d42a0@mail85.pair.com> <20010208110159.E2429@lpt.ens.fr> <xzpzofxffa2.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <20010208150641.A15166@lpt.ens.fr> <4.3.2.7.2.20010208193726.04763b10@localhost> <20010209143121.J16260@wantadilla.lemis.com> <4.3.2.7.2.20010211093529.04b4a9d0@localhost> <20010212101926.E92080@wantadilla.lemis.com> <4.3.2.7.2.20010212144713.046424e0@localhost>
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On Monday, 12 February 2001 at 14:47:43 -0700, Brett Glass wrote: > At 04:49 PM 2/11/2001, Greg Lehey wrote: > >> There is no neuter in French. > > Oh? Then, what's the feminine of "on?" On. I've just checked the dictionary: ON pron. indéf. (lat. homo, homme) [toujours sujet]. ... REM. 1. L'accord peut se faire au féminin et au pluriel. "On est elegante aujourd'hui ! On est tous égaux devant la loi." In other words, it can be used as masculine, feminine, singular or plural, though the second example is interesting because the verb is singular and the adjective is plural. Greg -- Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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