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".
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