Re: Not applicatives, but...?

On 21/03/2008, Philip Newton <philip.newton@...> wrote:
>
> Ah yes, that sounds  bit like German, where you'd have, for example,
>  "sprechen" (to speak), "ansprechen" (to address someone, i.e. to speak
>  to someone), and "besprechen" (to discuss, i.e. to speak about
>  something). (And also "versprechen", which can either be "mis-speak"
>  or "promise".)
>
Is that meant to be reflective of the culture/nature of the German
people in general? :-)

Eugene

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