Re: Una Lectura en Ladino para la Clase
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, February 3, 1999, 3:56 |
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Padraic Brown wrote:
> Or perhaps is there a Yiddish/Hebrew influence? In other words, does
> either of those use an analagous structure to "a" in this instance?
Spanish uses _a_ for personal objects, e.g., _Veo a Mari'a_, but not for
inanimate objects, _Veo la plaza_. I'm thinking it's more just a
generalization of the Spanish _a_.
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