Re: Dual (was: Devanagari handwriting?)
From: | azathoth500 <azathoth500@...> |
Date: | Thursday, December 9, 2004, 11:17 |
Oh yeah, I forgot about those.
On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 10:24:58 +0200, Isaac Penzev <isaacp@...> wrote:
> azathoth500 wrote:
>
> > I was under the impression that the dual wasn't used much in modern Hebrew
>
> But why? It is still used for pair body parts (oznaim, yadaim etc.), two
> units of measure (shnataim, shvuaim etc.), that is keeps most of its
> Biblical period usage.
>
> -- Yitzik
>