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Re: Mandarin demonstratives (Re: Charyan novel! (was: Re: [CONLANG] I'm back!))

From:Adam Walker <dreamertwo@...>
Date:Wednesday, January 9, 2002, 15:54
>From: "H. S. Teoh" <hsteoh@...> >Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 10:26:35 -0500 > > > Q: wo3de ke4ben3 zai4 na3li? Where is my text book? (my textbook at >where?) > > A: zai4 wo3 zhe4li. Here. (At my here.) > > or A: zai4 ni3 na4li. There. (At your there.) >[snip] > >Hmm, I'd think of it more like "over here where I am" and "over there >where you are". I'm not sure the pronouns here are possessive. (But then >again, that's just my "gut-feeling" understanding of the language.) > > >T
BTW, what does Hokkien do with this?? Adam _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com

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