Re: Similar (was: 'useful') languages
From: | John Cowan <cowan@...> |
Date: | Tuesday, February 19, 2002, 13:48 |
Pavel Iosad scripsit:
> Huh? A perfectly Russian adverbial suffix that -o is...
Well, yes, but the context is that of labeling someone, so it is
an adjective here, ergo the ending is probably Romance.
> Only, that should be "Nekul'turno"! :-)
I'm sure the "ni" is a representation of Russian vowel reduction.
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