[blml] he, he/she, or they for whom the bell tolls

Alain Gottcheiner agot at ulb.ac.be
Wed Mar 5 07:48:38 CET 2008


Steve Willner a écrit :
>> From: Robert Geller <geller at nifty.com>
>>  (C) Other (please specify)
>>     
>
> I'm with John: add a note that a grammatical instruction not relevant to 
> Japanese was omitted.  You could use a footnote if the Japanese language 
> has those.
>
> But how in the world does the language work without singular and 
> plural?!  Are there other languages like that?  
Yep. Bahasa Indonesia and other Malayan languages. If it's absolutely 
needed, you may duplicate a word to insist on plural, but it's seldom used.

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