Re: Alphabet (you're a fish?)
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, November 4, 2001, 2:42 |
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Fabian wrote:
> No, you made a classic mistake of confusing topic and subject. It means
> "As for me, it is fish". The sort of thing you might say when asked what
> you want to eat at a restaurant.
Well, it COULD be used that way, but in this context "I am a fish" *was*
the intended meaning. :-) Besides, IIUC, X wa Y desu is usually
interpreted as X is Y, unless the context makes it clear that another
meaning is intended.
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