Re: R: Re: Some questions about Romance langs

D Tse wrote:

> > Now there's another thing; Lat "quo modo" is an interrogative ("how?"),
> > while Sp "como" can be either that, or an adverb ("this way",
> > "like that");
> > in French however, "comme" can only have the adverbial meaning.
> >
> Italian "come" functions as an interrogative, and the adverb ("like X"),
and
> also as an exclamatory word like "What ...!" I think.
For 'What...!' we use 'che', as in 'che bella ragazza!' (what a nice girl!)

Luca

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