Re: Peticioj


Giuseppe Castelli wrote:
indriko@xxxxxxxxx:

'Japanese' povas signifi 'japanlanda', kiam ghi priskribas
teritorion, geografion, ktp. Sed tiaj vortoj, kiam ili priskribas
homon, nepre implicas devenon de la gento au shtatanecon.

Laŭ (mia kompreno de) Merriam-Webster Online
<http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary>, anstataŭ ŝtataneco rolas naskiĝo
aŭ loĝado:

Main Entry: Jap.a.nese
Pronunciation: "ja-p&-'nEz, -'nEs
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural Japanese
1 a : a native or inhabitant of Japan b : a person of Japanese descent
2 : the language of the Japanese


Bona fonto, sed jen alia:

A Comprehensive Grammar of English
http://www.aestheticdesign.de/downloads/
universitaet/Zusammenfassung_Quirk.pdf

1.37 Noun/adjective suffixes
A number of suffixes yield items that can be used
both as nouns and as adjectives. The formations
basically relate to human beings.
-\ese * 'member of' (nationality or race):
Chinese, Portugese [tiel]

Traduko:

Kelkaj sufiksoj kreas vortojn kiuj uzeblas
kiel nomoj kaj adjektivoj. La kunmetaĵoj
baze rilatas al homoj.
-\ese 'membro de' (nacio aŭ raso):


Klivo

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