davno

[Alina Israeli]

>As I vegetarian, I like to give my students the following minimal
>pair:
>Ja davno ne em mjasa. (and never will again).
>
>vs.
>
>Ja davno ne el mjaso (mjasa).

This is not a very good minimal pair since the difference is in spelling
and not in sound. It's like analyzing French subjunctive in verbs where the
difference is *ai* vs. *aie*.

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