On Wed, 9 Feb 2005 19:06:51 -0500, Stirling Newberry stirling.newberry@xigenics.net wrote:
Chinese: Wo ie ni
Wo3 ai4 ni3.
The Wo is often dropped in practical use.
How can you be so sure about that? (smile)
In my knowledge, no matter it's Mandarin, Minnan, or Cantonese, we all keep the "I".
Where there is a drop-out should rather be Japanese, they say a lot "Aishiteru.", omitting both the subject and the object. The Koreans also often say only "Saranghae yo" or "Johahae yo".
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