[etni] Fwd: Fwd: re: final s test
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- Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2013 07:21:19 +0300
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Subject: Re: final s test
Actually, the disappearance of the third person "s" is irrelevant.
One fine day we will all be replaced by sophisticated universal
transaltors that will make language learning irrelevant. Google
glasses are just the beginning....
Enjoy the rest of the summer...
Yechezkel Bund
Ilana wrote:
> Y'know... I don't think 3rd person 's' is going away any time soon.
> Look at French, for comparison. There you have s as a plural - "le
> livre" and "les livres". And you also have 2nd person singular: tu
> parles (vs. je parle and il parle)... It's not going away!!
> And the French don't even PRONOUNCE that 's' (in both plural and 2nd
> person singular). So don't get your hopes up...
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