Re: New Language Sketch (was Re: Conlang Gender)
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, December 2, 1999, 2:17 |
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Barry Garcia wrote:
> Sorry Nik, I couldn't let this go:
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> it should be: To John to.him it.pleases the chocolate.
Well, you could think of _gustar_ as "please" or as "like". I tend to
think of it as meaning "to like" with an odd use of the dative.
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