Re: OT: a dumb query? pls humor me
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Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 08:04:56PM +0100, Joe Hart wrote:
>> Since this is already a off-topic thread...
>>
>> So does Dutch, German, French, Italian....Now that I stop and think
>> about it, I can't think of any that don't.
>>
> Well, English has the concept of a neuter article (the).
>
> the dog --> el perro
>
> That is what I was referring to. I am not sure I got the point across
> properly.
>
my dog, your dog, her dog, his dog, its dog, our dog, their dog. That is
all of the personal pronouns referring to possession of a dog.
In Spanish you have one more.
It is extremely impolite to refer to people as an it, so his or her are
the only ones left.
Joe
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