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Re: Relay

From:Isaac A. Penzev <isaacp@...>
Date:Wednesday, March 5, 2003, 6:57
Katav Steg Belsky:


> > Or Hebrew in the present tense... > > Yitzik > > It's true we would then know everyone's correct gender, but we wouldn't > know if they were talking about themself, the reader of the email, or > someone else! :-P
Well, in the present tense (old active participle) you MUST use personal pronouns, this helps. But what i REALLY like is the absense of any difference between 2m.sn and 3f.sn, and 2f.pl and 3f.pl forms in the future tense (old imperfect). That's fun, and completely Ebisedian!
> "lema`aneikh etein gam ferret"?
What on earth is this "ferret" he's gonna give for thy sake? Yitzik ~~~~~~~~~~~~~