Re: Best order to learn languages in?

From: LEE Sau Dan (danlee_at_informatik.uni-freiburg.de)
Date: 07/29/04 

Date: 29 Jul 2004 16:55:22 +0200

>>>>> "Torsten" == Torsten Poulin <t_usenet_drop@hotmail.com> writes:

    Torsten> LEE Sau Dan wrote:
>> How would a Chinese *monoglot* recognize those "international"
>> words?

    Torsten> He would if said words happened to be borrowed into his
    Torsten> form of Chinese.

But it happens to be NOT the case. The antecedent of your sentence
simply doesn't hold. So, the consequence doesn't follow.

Good that you're aware that you had to use the SUBJUNCTIVE mood in
that sentence.

    Torsten> How do you think it works in other languages?

It didn't and doesn't work that way in Chinese. 

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