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  • From: "Yonah Mishael" <yonahmishael AT gmail.com>
  • To: B-Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Deu:10:17
  • Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 08:38:24 -0500

On 10/17/06, Yigal Levin <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il> wrote:
In MODERN Hebrew, English and Spanish, these words have additional meanings.
In modern Hebrew, "adon" is used as a title of respect towards one's
superior or supposed superior. A salesman will address a customer as
"adoni". In modern English, saying "my lord" is archaic, since "lord" is
also a title of nobility (although judges in court are addressed as
"milord") - the equivalent is "sir". Spanish uses "Senor".

That is, señor. The ñ is important to mark with a tilde. Ask any
Spanish speaker about the difference between <ano> and <año>, and
you'll see the importance of that little mark. ;)

Yours,
Yonah

--
Yonah Mishael ben Avraham
Joplin, MO
yonahmishael AT gmail.com



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