At 5:16 PM -0700 3/24/11, Mark D Lew wrote:
>
does this word actually exist?
Technically, yes, it does exist. In Italian, "rubato" is an
adjective, and if that adjective happens to be modifying a plural
(and masculine) noun, it does indeed become "rubati" (as in
"gioielli rubati").
However, you are intending it as a noun. "Rubato" only becomes a
noun in English, so if you want to pluralize it, you should give it
an English plural: rubatos.
Agreed that one should use the English plural, but I would argue that
it is STILL being used as an adjective, even though the noun it
modifies is understood and unstated: "tempo rubato"; "tempi rubati."
And I think my mom, the language teacher, would have argued similarly.
John
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