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From: Ruud Harmsen <rh@rudhar.com>
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Subject: Re: Somewheres
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2024 15:37:25 +0200
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Sat, 14 Sep 2024 15:57:14 -0000 (UTC): Christian Weisgerber
<naddy@mips.inka.de> scribeva:

>I'm a bit sensitive to this because Italian and Spanish are pro-drop
>languages, i.e., they omit the subject pronoun, except for emphasis
>or disambiguation.  Spanish in particular does not distinguish 1SG
>and 3SG in the imperfect, conditional, present subjunctive, or
>imperfect subjunctive, and Spanish speakers seem to feel little
>need to inject pronouns for disambiguation, which can be disorienting
>to language learners.

Portuguese does, digo eu.

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Ruud Harmsen, https://rudhar.com