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Re: first lang test

From:Patrick Dunn <tb0pwd1@...>
Date:Friday, February 9, 2001, 0:30
On Thu, 8 Feb 2001, Nik Taylor wrote:

> Why not? The pronoun system itself has undergone many changes over the > centuries. Pronouns become gradually less respectful, until they're > abandoned, and new pronouns are invented as respectful pronouns. > "Boku", for one, originally meant "servant", and was a very humble way > of saying "I", that was about a century ago. Today, it can only be used > in informal (IIRC) settings.
Neat. The polite first person Hrondu pronoun is wasoo, which literally means "servant." And the polite second person is "tamina," which means "beauty," or "the beautiful one." --------------------------------------------------------------------- Living your life is a task so difficult, it has never been attempted before.