| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, October 8, 2001, 3:40 |
John Cowan wrote:> > D Tse scripsit: > > > Well for words ending in -ión, my book mentioned el avión... > > Spanish words beginning in "a" often take "el" without actually > becoming masculine, but sometimes they become masculine altogether.In that case, it's because the -ón is an augmentative suffix added to the masculine noun _ave_ -- "No just cause can be advanced by terror" ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTaylor42