Re: question about classifiers
From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
Date: | Sunday, December 5, 1999, 20:37 |
Patrick Dunn wrote:
> I was waiting for that. :) Yes, I suppose they're not *technically*
> pronouns -- just very, very, very general nouns.
I don't know about that, I'd think of them as maybe pronouns with a very
complex gender system.
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