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raccoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-25-09 02:31 PM
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In Arabic, does the verb change depending on whether you’re talking to a man or woman? nt
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Lydia Leftcoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-13-09 08:06 PM
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1. Well, if it's like Hebrew (and the two are related), there are different "you" pronouns
for males and females.

When I took my one semester of Biblical Hebrew, one of my fellow students translated the masculine plural you as "you guys" and the feminine plural you as "you gals."

Unfortunately, I remember very little of the Hebrew I learned over 20 years ago. I do recall, however, that "Emanuel" really DOES mean "God with us."
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