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Re: Active and Passive please help.

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Tuesday, December 18, 2001, 22:41
Almaran Dungeonmaster wrote:
> I prefer the definition of a name as that > by which you call yourself. In this case, the Spanish use of "se llamar" is > not that illogical.
Llamarse, actually. :-) Clitic pronouns are attached to the end of infinitives. And I was taught that in Spanish "nombre" tends to imply FULL name, so that Llamarse is used to mean "This is the part of my name that I actually use". -- "There's no such thing as 'cool'. Everyone's just a big dork or nerd, you just have to find people who are dorky the same way you are." - overheard ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTaylor42