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Re: verbs = nouns?

From:H. S. Teoh <hsteoh@...>
Date:Wednesday, January 10, 2001, 15:56
On Wed, Jan 10, 2001 at 07:33:09AM -0800, Marcus Smith wrote:
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> The first three words are part of a relative clause modifying the rice. > > [ta1 chu3 de fan4] wei4dao4 hen2 hao3 > The rice which he cooks tastes very good > > A more literal translation would be: > 'The he-cooks-rice tastes very good.'
But isn't wei4dao4 a noun? T -- Life goes on...