Re: "A" Personal in Spanish (was - Redundant pronouns, Tagalog, etc.)

On: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 11:23:15 +0800
Christophe Grandsire wrote:
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>         I'm not so sure of that, we have the same thing in French when the
> verb is
> in the imperative:
>
> French: Dis-moi = Spanish: Dime = English: Tell me.
>
> And I think Italian has it too. The only originality of Spanish is to
> suffix pronouns even with the infinitive. I don't think of it as a Semitic
> influence but merely as the evolution of Romance languages (does not
> Portuguese have it too?).
  ^^^^^^^^^^
        "Diz-me"/"Diga-me"

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