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Re: Italian Particles

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Friday, April 21, 2000, 18:35
Muke Tever wrote:
> How about something like Spanish "Me gusta comer manzanas"? Where "comer > manzanas" is the subject of the verb _gustar_.
That is an exception to the normal Spanish rules, and it could be argued that "comer manzanas" is considered the object, and "me" the subject, it's just that they're inflected irregularly. I'm not sure if that's actually what's happening, but given the word order, it makes sense to me. Regularly, you'd expect *"Comer manzanas me gusta" -- "If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore, and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God!" - Ralph Waldo Emerson ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTailor