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R: Re: Ishtalo grammar sketch

From:Mangiat <mangiat@...>
Date:Monday, November 20, 2000, 14:28
> I always thought that "Dances" in _Dances WIth Wolves_ was a plural noun. > Then i finally saw (part of) the movie, and realized that it's actually > a third-person singular verb....as in _[He Who] Dances With Wolves_. At > least that's how it seemed to me, in comparison with some other character > names which were in that form.
Indeed in Italian it is 'Balla coi lupi', where: balla is the third sing person of the verb ballare (to dance) coi is the preposition con (with) fused with the article i (the plural masc) lupi is the plural of lupo (wolf) Luca
> > -Stephen (Steg) > "i hope this isn't becoming a habit." > ~ Ur to Rini, upon the around 5th time that one of them is > raise-dead'ing the other. >