Re: Arabo-Romance (was Re: Arabic transliteration)
| From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, November 20, 2002, 11:51 |
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Christophe Grandsire scripsit:
> In Spanish, feminine
> words beginning with a stressed 'a' take *for phonetic reasons only* the
> article |el| instead of |la|
That reminds me: what is the story with el azucar/la azucar? I have
actually found a web page that says:
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.
> Take your life as a movie: do not let anybody else play the leading role.
Don't let anyone else direct it, either.
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