tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311151968716514867.post4423887329266748084..comments2023-09-06T08:23:46.896-07:00Comments on oreneta aground (but missinaibi's afloat!): I am so patheticorenetahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10616103982088424715noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311151968716514867.post-16289143180891088852009-02-09T19:31:00.000-08:002009-02-09T19:31:00.000-08:00Oh how very confusing. It sounds more difficult t...Oh how very confusing. It sounds more difficult than English rules. But I suppose it isn't the English rules that are a problem, but the exceptions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311151968716514867.post-7068321201676843892009-02-08T03:56:00.000-08:002009-02-08T03:56:00.000-08:00Wow. Those are some pretty confusing apostrophe ru...Wow. Those are some pretty confusing apostrophe rules. I can hardly spell apostrophe.mmichelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06400779291547414615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311151968716514867.post-1577138018609167062009-02-07T17:49:00.000-08:002009-02-07T17:49:00.000-08:00I commend you for taking the time and sacrifice to...I commend you for taking the time and sacrifice to learn Catalan, it could be so easy to dismiss it as not important enough to learn.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311151968716514867.post-38950842499035998012009-02-07T13:45:00.000-08:002009-02-07T13:45:00.000-08:00Doug, no, that's it...thank you very much!Sirdar, ...Doug, no, that's it...thank you very much!<BR/><BR/>Sirdar, English is quite anarchic in fact, which actually makes it harder.<BR/><BR/>Simon, thanks for dropping by. Well, I was noting that Henry the VIII loved him an oath of fealty, but not that oath of fealty I suspect.<BR/><BR/>Kate, honestly at this moment I have no idea if they use apostrophes with possessives (nor at the moment how many esses there are in possessives) I can answer that tomorrow, but my brain is mushy right now and I have no idea...back later.<BR/><BR/>Beth, thank you...and I have no idea why an entire nation of language users would decide that only certain feminine nouns would be apostrophised. I can see variations depending on how the word is said, making it easier or more difficult to say it, but dividing the nouns based on gender when they decide to apostrophise is a fascinating little neurological quirk....wonder if anyone has studied it. It probably reveals something.<BR/><BR/>Beth, thank you to you too...it is hardly adventurous though..if you know what I mean. I do like the challenge in the end. Usually. DO get better and take care of yourself.orenetahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616103982088424715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311151968716514867.post-12097513368368559392009-02-07T07:22:00.000-08:002009-02-07T07:22:00.000-08:00Gee- you're hard on yourself.OK, the apostrophe sa...Gee- you're hard on yourself.<BR/>OK, the apostrophe saga did make my eyes glaze over a bit, I'll admit. But you are far from pathetic. <BR/>I think it's really admirable that you are doing this and liking it. <BR/>Hats off to you!Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14141877537334176841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311151968716514867.post-56007747376518168242009-02-07T05:37:00.000-08:002009-02-07T05:37:00.000-08:00Always "still with you" re: your Catalan posts but...Always "still with you" re: your Catalan posts but while reading about apostrophes with feminine nouns, I'm going, "Huh? Why??"<BR/>And it's never pathetic to enjoy any kind of challenge.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14110235078325434919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311151968716514867.post-68820831027517966102009-02-06T22:36:00.000-08:002009-02-06T22:36:00.000-08:00Wow, you see, that is why I never seriously pursue...Wow, you see, that is why I never seriously pursued learning Catalan. If I actually lived in BCN, I would have, but for awhile I just had a book to learn from, until I threw up my hands in surrender. So cool that you keep plugging away, though.<BR/><BR/>Do they use the apostrophe for possessives like English does?katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16975826433125245969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311151968716514867.post-41647043367080581522009-02-06T22:32:00.000-08:002009-02-06T22:32:00.000-08:00Love the blog and I adore the way you write so it'...Love the blog and I adore the way you write so it's good to see that you're learning Catalan - only a special kind of foreigner does that!<BR/><BR/>Interesting what you say about the oath. I read the story differently - Henry VIII would have hated it, because basically it's saying 'If you don't live up to your responsibilities as King, we won't as subjects' Pretty democratic, huh?<BR/><BR/>Anyway, just thought I'd say 'Hi'<BR/><BR/>Simon Harris<BR/>www.spain-football.org<BR/>Author 'Going Native in Catalonia?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311151968716514867.post-40936595101639603072009-02-06T21:45:00.000-08:002009-02-06T21:45:00.000-08:00Oh man...that is a lot of rules. I thought Englis...Oh man...that is a lot of rules. I thought English was screwed up with rules. Well...OK it is, but I don't think it has that many rules.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311151968716514867.post-42780054182942942362009-02-06T15:58:00.000-08:002009-02-06T15:58:00.000-08:00The Braun appliance (GEE you have good eyes!) is a...The Braun appliance (GEE you have good eyes!) is a cleaner/charger for my electric shaver. Anything else??Vancouver Isle Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04717589674323744276noreply@blogger.com