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(New page: ==Lexis== * justo (es) → just (en) -- at the moment translates as "fair", which is good for "no es justo", but isn't good for "justo dos años" -- "just" in English would serve reasona...) |
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* In restoring the subject in English, with motion verbs, for the third person singular, the third person plural should be used (e.g. gender neutral [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_they singular they]), with non-motion verbs, the third person neuter, e.g. |
* In restoring the subject in English, with motion verbs, for the third person singular, the third person plural should be used (e.g. gender neutral [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_they singular they]), with non-motion verbs, the third person neuter, e.g. |
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| − | ::"I've got a friend coming over for dinner" |
+ | ::"I've got '''a friend''' coming over for dinner" |
| − | ::"Oh, what time are they arriving?" |
+ | ::"Oh, what time are '''they''' arriving?" |
Revision as of 12:18, 21 April 2008
Lexis
- justo (es) → just (en) -- at the moment translates as "fair", which is good for "no es justo", but isn't good for "justo dos años" -- "just" in English would serve reasonably well for the two.
Transfer rules
- In restoring the subject in English, with motion verbs, for the third person singular, the third person plural should be used (e.g. gender neutral singular they), with non-motion verbs, the third person neuter, e.g.
- "I've got a friend coming over for dinner"
- "Oh, what time are they arriving?"
