On Fri, 10 May 2002 09:00:57 -0500 William Annis <annis@...>
writes:
> >TJ. taken as a representative of the entire genus or type
> There is a genericising (?) mass-noun creator for this in
> Vaior, -ai-:
> espaufossi rhonaie
> espauf-o-ssi rhon-ai-e
> easy-PRES-EXP man-CLASS-N
> "men are easy"
> Note that '-ssi' indicates the speaker is reporting from direct
> experience and 'rhon' means specifically "male humans" not
> generallically "all humans" in the English sense "men" is sometimes
> used in. By the way, this was said by a lesbian friend after she
> turned bi, and discovered the ease with which many men are seduced
> :)
> --
> wm
-
Did she say it in Vaior? :-P
-Stephen (Steg)
"laa a3rif ayna aðhab"