Sujet : Re: Somewheres
De : rh (at) *nospam* rudhar.com (Ruud Harmsen)
Groupes : alt.usage.english sci.langDate : 22. Sep 2024, 14:37:25
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Sat, 14 Sep 2024 15:57:14 -0000 (UTC): Christian Weisgerber
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naddy@mips.inka.de> scribeva:
I'm a bit sensitive to this because Italian and Spanish are pro-drop
languages, i.e., they omit the subject pronoun, except for emphasis
or disambiguation. Spanish in particular does not distinguish 1SG
and 3SG in the imperfect, conditional, present subjunctive, or
imperfect subjunctive, and Spanish speakers seem to feel little
need to inject pronouns for disambiguation, which can be disorienting
to language learners.
Portuguese does, digo eu.
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