Re: CHAT: "nur" [was Re: CHAT: Hrushevs'kyj]
| From: | Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, August 27, 2002, 10:08 |
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En réponse à "Thomas R. Wier" <trwier@...>:
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> Your comment in Esperanto reminds me of a distinction made
> in German that English does not make, namely, that a sentence
> like "Ich bin nur Student" implies a kind of self-deprecation
> generally absent from the English "I'm only an undergrad [right
> now, but I'll going to graduate school soon]". Does Esperanto
> have this kind of distinction, and what about other languages?
>
French "je ne suis qu'un étudiant" also implies a bit of self-deprecation, but
more in a sense of apology or justification: "I cannot know that yet, I'm just
an undergrad". "Je suis encore étudiant": "I'm still a student" is completely
neutral.
Christophe.
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