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>> Qob yIHraj qopnISlu'. 
>> Someone should arrest that dangerous tribble. 
>
>One grammatical error, and two differences from what I asked for.
>{Qob yIH}, as you demonstrated above, means "the tribble is 
>dangerous."  To say "dangerous tribble," you'll find that the 
>adjective section of the verbs chapter prescribes a different word 
>order
>
>I said "that" not "your" tribble, and, seeing as you have to fix this 
>one anyway, give me two sentences, one saying "someone shoud arrest 
>that dangerous tribble" and the other saying "that dangerous tribble 
>should be arrested."  Subtle difference, but there.  

        yIHvetlh qob qopnISlu'
        qob yIH 'e' qopnIS
                Is the 'e' necessary? 
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>> chutmey SaHbe' 'e' vIQub.
>> I suspect it does not care about the laws.
>
>maj.  But I said "suspect" not "think."  Use the vocab.

        chutmey SaHbe' 'e' vInub
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>> yIHraj bIghHa'Daq lunge'.
>> The guards will take your tribble away to jail.
>
>Careful.  You've broken up the OVS of the main clause with a noun+Daq.  See
>page 60.  "Any noun in the sentence indicating something other than subject
>or object comes first, before the object noun."

        bIghHa'Daq yIHraj lunge'
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>> jotHa' jIH nabmeyHeymo' yIHDaj. 
>> The animal's apparent plans make me uneasy.
>
>This subject of the sentence I gave is "this animal's apparent plan."  The
>verb is "make uneasy."  The object is "me."  Simple OVS sentence.  Try
>again.  Look at the verb suffix {-moH} in 4.2.4 for a hint.

        jIH mubItmoH nabmeyHey yIHDaj
                or just
        mubItmoH nabmeyHey yIHDaj
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More, please. 

chasm
         



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