[lit-ideas] Re: Il Y A Personne
- From: Paul Stone <pastone@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:57:13 -0400
On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 1:13 PM, <HOFFIUSB@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Teacher of french coming out of retirement... there is no such thing as "il
> y a personne". The correct form is "il n'y a personne" Ne......personne,
> ne........rien and etc, are negative expressions. You may not hear the "ne"
> but it is there.
> Salut
> BH
ALTHOUGH: curiously, both Google and Yahoo translate it with out the
'n' to "there's nobody"
p
------------------------------------------------------------------
To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off,
digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html
Other related posts:
