Re: R: Re: New to the list

> > Also, Latin is a natural
> > language. It's dead, but it's a natural language, so if Latin had so many
> > endings (and that's a matter of taste, personnally I don't think it has
> that
> > many endings, but maybe it's because I'm French), why not other languages?
>
> Ah! We Italians have more endings than you, our dear Frenchies ; ) Remember
> that Romance langs have developped a *much* more difficult verbal system
> than Latin's one (even if many tenses are not syntetically constructed).
How do you figure?

Jesse S. Bangs jaspax@u.washington.edu
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