Sujet : Re: French proverb : “A man who knows two languages is worth two men.” --- is this really a French proverb ?
De : Silvano (at) *nospam* noncisonopernessuno.it (Silvano)
Groupes : sci.lang alt.usage.englishDate : 09. Jun 2024, 14:40:23
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jerryfriedman hat am 09.06.2024 um 14:53 geschrieben:
Peter Moylan wrote:
I'm not sure how I learnt that word, but I did know that it had two
syllables.
What word? As far as I know, Italian "dove" is pronounced exactly
like "Dov'è".
I know better, as I should when we talk about my native language.
Dove - spoken accent on "o".
Dov'è (actually two words fused together: "dove è", but we never
separate the two "e") - spoken accent on "e".
I won't elaborate on the openness and closeness of the "e".