Re: "......I have a banana in my ear" (was: Re: Weekly Vocab 6: to know)

On Thu, 15 May 2003 14:26:14 +0200 Christophe Grandsire
<christophe.grandsire@...> writes:
> En réponse à Douglas Koller, Latin & French :
>
> >I can't swim. - I haven't learned how.
> >vs.
> >I can't swim. - I have a red hot poker jabbed into my thigh.
>
> French has the same distinction, using "savoir" vs. "pouvoir":
> Je ne sais pas nager: I can't swim - I haven't learned how.
> Je ne peux pas nager: I can't swim - they cut my legs and arms.
tolkien's quenya also has this distinction:
lá istan <swim>: i can't swim (i don't know how)
lá polin <swim>: i can't swim (i am physically unable)
as well as:
lá lertan <swim>: i can't swim (what exactly would this mean?)

> Christophe Grandsire.
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