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Re: Moi, le Kou (was: verbs = nouns?)

From:Marcus Smith <smithma@...>
Date:Saturday, January 13, 2001, 1:52
Nik Taylor wrote:

>Christophe Grandsire wrote: > > I (first person masculine) am Douglas Koller > >Doesn't there have to be a _desu_ at the end?
Formally, yes. Colloquially, no. Virtually any word can be omitted from the sentence if it is understood from context. Marcus Smith "Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatsoever abysses Nature leads, or you shall learn nothing." -- Thomas Huxley