Re: "to be" and not to be in the world's languages

On 3/22/06, Rob Haden <magwich78@...> wrote:
> What about Slavic languages, e.g. Russian?  Is the following allowed:
> "Alexei nyet doktor" = "Alexei is not (a) doctor"?
That's "Alexei no doctor"; you want „не", not „нет": "Alexei (is) not
(a) doctor" is „Алексей не доктор".

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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>