Re: plural
| From: | Sally Caves <scaves@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, December 5, 2004, 20:32 |
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----- Original Message -----
> On Sun, 5 Dec 2004 13:50:31 -0500, # 1 <salut_vous_autre@...>
> wrote:
>> But is there an exemple of a language that represents plural only on the
>> article?
From: "azathoth500" <azathoth500@...>
> German marks plurals in different ways. Some nouns add -en, -er, -e,
> an umlaut, or nothing. But even if the noun adds nothing in the
> plural, the article still changes. That's the only example I know of.
>
I think French comes even closer, if only aurally! Le chat, les chats;
l'implication, les implications; une technique, des techniques, etc.
Sally
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