"Steak the First"
Language Log 2025-02-11
Summary:
[An essay I wrote a year and a half ago, but whose posting was interrupted by a long run.] Enlightening article by Peter Backhaus in The Japan Times (6/9/23): "Za grammar notes: How to properly handle the 'the' in Japanese" Japanese seems to be able to assimilate any English word, including the ubiquitous definite article […]