Re: "Each Other"
| From: | Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, January 22, 2004, 3:47 |
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"Mark J. Reed" wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 09:03:36PM -0500, Rob Haden wrote:
> > Hey,
> >
> > How do different languages (natural and artificial) handle the English
> > expression "each other"? It seems to me that it's very idiomatic.
>
> Spanish (and presumably the other Romance languages) use the reflexive
> pronoun for this, so "they see each other" is literally rendered as
> "they see themselves"; the combination reflexive + plural is understood
> to mean "each sees the other" rather than "each sees him/herself".
I've always wondered, how do you specify the reflexive meaning if
needed? How would you describe a situation where, say, a group of
people each, individually, look in a mirror?
--
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you just have to find people who are dorky the same way you are." -
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