Re: Funny looking Truths

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Prabhakar Vissavajjhala (vissa@cortex.neuro.mssm.edu) wrote:

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> Of course,  both for he/she, English gives the same verb.  For eg., 'He
> does/did'  and 'She does/did'.  So, the English can claim they don't show
> 'sex discrimination' with reference to the usage of verb, which 'telugu and
> hindi' does.  For eg., 'Ame  cEsindi'.  'ataDu  cESADu' in 'telugu' and
> '...kartA  hein,  '...kartee   hein' in  'hindi'.  Being 'telugus', should
> we say, 'We are more precise, rather than sex discriminatory?'


Sure! Some more examples in telugu:

Ame vacchinadi
kukka vacchinadi

Very funny of being precise and non-discriminatory !

-srikanth

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