[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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