[B-Greek] oudeis

Maurice A. O'Sullivan mauros at iol.ie
Thu Dec 11 05:47:54 EST 2003


At 00:39 11/12/2003, Carl W. Conrad wrote:

>Who's "we"? The expression "none of them" in Greek is just as it is in
>English: singular pronoun with a dependent partitive genitive. "None" in
>English is singular, so the Greek OUDEIS AUTWN just like TIS AUTWN.

Carl:
Is it any wonder that text books on Greek, etc nowadays have to have up to 
40 pages on the elements of _ENGLISH_ grammar, as a necessary introduction?

If one cannot analyze one's own native language, what hope is there of 
doing so in a "foreign" language?

Regards,

Maurice


Maurice A. O'Sullivan
[Bray, Ireland]
mauros at iol.ie

"Mere description is impossible. Language forces you to an implicit
comment." C.S. Lewis





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