[Ads-l] Verb or typo?
Mark Mandel
mark.a.mandel at GMAIL.COM
Mon Oct 15 14:36:21 UTC 2018
Those are 1st conjugation, iirc: from *hondāre*, which would be appropriate
from *Honda*.
Mark
On Mon, Oct 15, 2018, 10:29 AM Marc Sacks <msacksg at gmail.com> wrote:
> Probably not a typo. Lately I've been hearing an ad saying "Around here, we
> Honda."
>
> This led me to wonder how this would work in other languages:
>
> "Nosotros hondamos"?
> "Wir honden?"
> "Nous hondons?"
> "Anu hondenu?"
> Or how about Latin: "Hondamus", Or, let'ss Honda: "Hondemus!" (Assuming
> second cojugation, but take your pick.)
>
> Marc Sacks
>
> On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 8:57 AM Mark Mandel <mark.a.mandel at gmail.com>
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