Re: Hello Earth

["James J. Lippard" <Lippard@HIS-PHOENIX-MULTICS.ARPA>]

> From: David M. Hardy <HAADAV@MITVMA>

>> From: "James J. Lippard" <Lippard@HIS-PHOENIX-MULTICS.ARPA>
>>   Tiefer.  Tiefer.  Irgendwo in ?? Tiefe gibt es ein Licht.

>> The ??  sounds like "nah" or "ah", there should be an article there
>>(Tiefe is feminine, so I would expect a "der", but that's definitely...

> If Tiefe is feminine, wouldn't you expect a "die" ??  I always thought
> "der" was masculine.  Doesn't really help with the "nah" or "ah" but...

It's following the word "in" (position, not motion) and thus is in dative case,
for which the feminine article is "der".

Jim Lippard (Lippard at MIT-MULTICS.ARPA)