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From: philip@storcomp.demon.co.uk (Phil Hunt)
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Subject: Re: One point against Esperanto
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In article <D5I84G.Bou@indirect.com>
           stevemac@bud.indirect.com "Stefano MacGregor" writes:
> >I am beginning to wonder why some   >Mi min demandas, kial iuj s`ajnas
> people seem to think plural markers  opinii, ke plimultigiloj estas
> are essential on nouns, but bad on   gravegaj c`e substantivoj, sed c`e
> adjectives.  There are many          adjektivoj malbonaj.  Multaj lingvoj
> languages that have plural markers   uzas ilin ambau`, kaj iuj havas
> on both, and some that have none at  neniun ajn tian indikon.  Sed lau`
> all.  But the only language I know   mia scio, la ununura lingvo, kiu
> that has this funny mixture is       havas tiun strangan intermikson, estas
> English.  So why insist on it?       la angla.  Do kial oni insistu pri g`i?
>   Let's see...                         Ni pensu...
>   Both:  Hebrew, Greek, Latin, all     Ambau`:  la hebrea, greka, latina,
> the Romance languages, German, and   c`iuj latinidaj, germana, kaj sveda
> Swedish (not =sure= about this       lingvoj (sed mi ne certas pri la
> last).                               sveda).
>   Neither:  Chinese and Japanese.      Neniun:  la c`ina kaj la japana.

German is more complex than this: adjectives sometimes agree with the 
noun on number, sometimes not.

Also (according to my German teacher) many Germans don't use the standard
adjective endings.

-- 
Phil Hunt...philip@storcomp.demon.co.uk
"on no pos fac omelet, opcum brekigation ovums"
