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

From:Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
Date:Wednesday, March 22, 2006, 18:07
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". -- Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>