Re: Plurals via reduplication in Japanese (was Re: Adopting a plural)
| From: | Ben Poplawski <thebassplayer@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, October 9, 2004, 5:01 |
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On Sat, 9 Oct 2004 00:58:26 -0400, Nokta Kanto <red5_2@...> wrote:
>On Fri, 8 Oct 2004 09:25:45 -0400, Paul Bennett <paul-bennett@...>
>wrote:
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>>Aren't there also some small number of plural nouns in Japanese formed by
>>reduplication? ....
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>"wareware" is one of the pronouns meaning "we"... It comes from an obsolete
>pronoun "ware" ("I").
>
>--Noktakanto
I've heard of "ore" being in use for 'I'; could it be a worn-down form of
"ware"?
Buenas noches,
Ben