Daily Archives: December 31, 2011

One more for 2011

Here’s the last post for 2011, with a bit of new grammar. I have a large backlog of vocabulary I want to get to you, but that will have to wait until next year.   CONTRASTIVE DEMONSTRATIVES This sounds intimidating, … Continue reading

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A note on the word “yora’tu”

In his comment in the previous post, Plumps noted that yora’tu ‘winner’ surprised him; he expected yora’yu. He’s right—it is surprising. As you know, the general rule for forming an agent (the one who does the action) from a verb … Continue reading

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