SC - Manual de Mugeres: contents list
Robin Carroll-Mann
harper at idt.net
Fri May 12 15:17:06 PDT 2000
And it came to pass on 12 May 00,, that LrdRas at aol.com wrote:
> letrada at yahoo.com writes:
>
> << las manos >>
>
> Is this accurate? las manos?
Yes, it is accurate.
> I find it hard to imagine feminine male
> hands...:-( Am I missing something here besides possible typos?
Yes -- an irregularity of grammar in a generally regular language. There
are a few Spanish nouns which do not follow the pattern of o=masculine
a=feminine. Mano is one of them. Likewise, one says "el agua" (the
water) and "el dia" (the day).
> Ras
Lady Brighid ni Chiarain
Settmour Swamp, East (NJ)
mka Robin Carroll-Mann
harper at idt.net
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