Re: antonyms: regretful & tasty

Christophe Grandsire scripsit:

> >> Esperanto: jen - behold, here is (sounds antiquidated in english, but
> >it's
> >> well used in esperanto and is very useful)
> >        Indeed. The Russian equivalent is "vot," and now I cannot imagine
> >how English
> >can possibly get along without it.
>
> French has *two* words for it: voici and voilà, the distinction being of
> the order of "this" and "that" :)) . And I find them both extremely useful
> indeed :)) .
I by no means understand this.  In English we say these things with
"Here is (a)" and "There is (a)".

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