George Boeree | Re: [LFN] si e si

• Autor: George Boeree (“cgboeree”)
• Tema: Re: [LFN] si e si
• Data: 2008-01-31 19:36
• Mesaje: 2508 (a supra, presedente, seguente)

Is there a reason why they are the same? Yes: si is the most commmon
form for both yes and for if in the romance languages.  After
consternating over this, I began to realize that there are (I
believe!) no situations in which the two meanings can be confused.

Jorj

On Jan 31, 2008, at 9:48 AM, Tom Cook wrote:

> If there a reason for this?
>
> Tom
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> --- In LinguaFrancaNova@yahoogroups.com, George Boeree <cgboeree@...>
> wrote:
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> > Si!
> >
> > On Jan 5, 2008, at 10:53 PM, Hal Jordon wrote:
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> > > the word for yes is the same as the word for if, yes?
> > >
> > > Tom
> > >
> >
> >
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