Re: "He opened the door and he (same referent) left the room"
| From: | John Leland <lelandconlang@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, June 29, 2004, 1:55 |
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In a message dated 6/27/04 9:07:04 AM Pacific Daylight Time, rfmilly@MSN.COM
writes:
<< r maybe Basque would rephrase ~ "door opening, he left the room". >>
This construction of coursecan be done in English ("Opening the door, he left
the room.")
and would, I think, be the standard form for Rihana-ye
Levesa lejo-mi, veba dibasa-ke wivejo.
"Door opening, he room-from went."
I think the same sort of construction would be likely in Korean and Japanese.
John Leland.
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