Re: Sarah's language.
| From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, January 13, 2003, 14:45 |
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Christophe Grandsire scripsit:
> > the 4th (-u) declension also contains nouns of all genders,
> > though masculines predominate;
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> Do they really? I was under the impression that feminine nouns predominated
> there...
Well, on inspection the great bulk of the 4th declension nouns are really
supines (deverbal nouns), all of which are masc.
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