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  • From: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
  • To: "Arnaud Fournet" <fournet.arnaud AT wanadoo.fr>
  • Cc: Hebrew List <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Vav Nun Suffix
  • Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 06:32:55 -0500

Sorry, but it is not clear to me what "proto-languages" and "sister languages" have to with it. Actually, Hebrew is so rich that it is able to draw all it will ever need from its own store. what is so heart breaking about this?

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Nov 18, 2010, at 5:15 AM, Arnaud Fournet wrote:

Let me tell you the story of a poor wretched language.
It had no proto-language and no sister languages.
It was so poor it had to derive affixes from its own pronouns.
Breaks my heart.
Hope it never happens again.

Arnaud Fournet





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