Re: [tied] Latin

From: Michael J Smith
Message: 19924
Date: 2003-03-16

So Peter, a letter (of the alphabet) can be written in singular or
plural forms, but a letter (in the mail) can only be written in the
plural? In the vocabulary it actually doesn't say "sg." for a letter of
the alphabet, it just says "pl." for a letter (in the mail). I'm assuming
this because you used as examples "unae letterae" for one letter in the
post, and duae letterae for 2 letters of the alphabet. And so context
would tell me the difference between "duae letterae" (2 letters of the
alphabet) and "duae letterae" (2 letters in the post), but I could not
say "una littera" for one letter in the post, this would mean one letter
(of the alphabet). Right?

Thanks for helping, I appreciate-
Adeus,
Michael

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