Received: by magpie.MASA.COM (smail2.5) id AA17278; 10 Dec 90 07:47:14 EST (Mon) Received: by marob.uucp (/\=-/\ Smail3.1.18.1 #18.1) id ; Mon, 10 Dec 90 07:35 EST Received: by hombre.MASA.COM (smail2.5) id AA05677; 10 Dec 90 06:54:07 EST (Mon) Received: from MDCBBS.COM by uunet.UU.NET (5.61/1.14) with UUCP id AA10221; Mon, 3 Dec 90 17:29:21 -0500 Received: by MDCBBS.COM with UUCP/PMDF (DECUS UUCP); Mon, 3 Dec 1990 13:54 PST Received: from DECNET-MAIL by MDCBBS.COM with PMDF#10000; Mon, 3 Dec 1990 13:54 PST Date: Mon, 3 Dec 1990 13:54 PST From: "Colin Fine (Shape Data) 314-233-5399" Subject: More precipitation To: dartvax!cornell!vax5.cit.cornell.edu!j8ij, nueng.coe.northeastern.edu!deeb, hombre!marob!cowan Message-Id: <2EDA6802C0004939@MDCBBS.COM> X-Envelope-To: uunet!dartvax!cornell!vax5.cit.cornell.edu!j8ij, uunet!hombre!marob!cowan, uunet!nueng.coe.northeastern.edu!deeb X-Vms-To: J8IJ X-Vms-Cc: DEEB,COWAN,FINE Status: RO X-From-Space-Date: Mon Dec 10 07:47:15 1990 X-From-Space-Address: marob!hombre!uunet!MDCBBS.COM!SLDEV1!FINE Further, Russian: "id'ot doshd'" lit 'rain is going' Japanese: "ame ga hutte iru" lit 'rain, something is falling', but all verbs are impersonal in Japanese so this is identical in structure to "tori ga tonde iru" 'birds, something is flying', ie 'birds are flying'.