Re: idea: environment pronoun

Em Mon, 15 Apr 2002 09:37:56 -0700, Garrett Jones <alkaline@...> escreveu:

> > For example, to say "There is a book." you would say:
> > (environmental pronoun)(some verb)("a book").
>
> i was actually considering that. If i was going to use a verb, it would
> probably be "to have".
>
> "it" *has* a book = there is a book.
> (the environment has a book in it).
        Portuguese does just that.
        - "Tem um livro em cima da mesa"
        - Lit.: It has a book on the table
        - Actually: There is a book on the table
        We also use "haver":
        - Há um livro em cima da mesa

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Gustavo Eulalio <guga@...>
Departamento de Sistemas e Computação - DSC
Universidade Federal da Paraíba - UFPB