Re: French <chez>
| From: | Andreas Johansson <andjo@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, January 25, 2004, 19:54 |
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Quoting Pavel Iosad <edricson@...>:
> Hello,
>
> > 'Chez' requests normally that what follows is animated
> > (and human). [snip]
>
> What knowledge of French I have (a rather puny item) seems to confirm
> this. Isn't it like Swedish 'hos'? (Daniel, BP, Andreas, Jessica,
> anyone?).
Would that I knew French!
Swedish 'hos' is normally followed by an animate, yes. Now, "animate" can get
kinda stretched - _bollen ligger hos regeringen_, frex.
Andreas