Re: Arabo-Romance (was Re: Arabic transliteration)

En réponse à Pablo David Flores <pablo-flores@...>:

> >
> >         La azucar en la sangre, a un nivel mas de 150 mg/dl, se le
> >         llama hiperglucemia.  Cuando hay una infeccion dental, se le
> >         puede subir el azucar a la sangre.
>
> The first instance is a mistake. |Azúcar| is a feminine noun that
> follows the general rule.
If it was so, then the second instance should be a mistake. |Azúcar| being
stressed on the *second* syllable, the first a is not stressed and thus the
word can take the article |la| without a problem. Really, |azúcar| is a term
which can be used in both genders (and I have a bunch of dictionaries, online
or not, to back me up on this :))) ). Of course, this may be valid only for
Castillan Spanish. But on this side of the pond, it's quite the standard :))) .

Christophe.

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