tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Mar 29 08:43:59 1996
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Re: My two cents.
- From: Marc Ruehlaender <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: My two cents.
- Date: Fri, 29 Mar 96 17:44:38 MET
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>; from "Tommy Vertigo" at Mar 27, 96 11:00 am
- Mailer: Elm [revision: 70.85]
> "Ich wohne nicht" (I hope I spelled that
> right) is an acceptable sentence gramatically speaking, but that it
> is admittedly vague. She says that you should either (1) put in a
> place, or
> (2) make sure that the context clarifies that the person
> has no permanent residence, but is a nomad or hobo.
I say No. A sentence that would express these is
"Ich wohne nirgends." "I live nowhere."
which again includes a locative.
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Marc Ruehlaender [email protected]
Universitaet des Saarlandes, Saarbruecken, Germany
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