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Romance Language Nouns Ending in "-ista"
April 4, 2014 8:51 am
(@grantbarrett)
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Male baristas aren't called baristos for the same reason that male Sandinistas aren't Sandinistos. There's a certain class of nouns in both Italian and Spanish where the definite article changes to indicate gender, but the noun stays the same. This is part of a complete episode.
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