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Re: agentive -wI'



>From: [email protected]
>You choose a verb plus a limited range of verb suffixes that clearly 
>describe a
>simple action or state and add {-wI'} to that verb to indicate the thing or
>person which or who habitually does the action or sustains the state in a 
>way
>that defines that person or thing well enough that when one person says it, 
>the
>other person knows what or whom you are talking about.
>
>{baHwI'} is fine. {QomnISlaw'wI'} is not a very good candidate.


nuq Qub ...uh... ghunchu'wI'?  pongDaj choHnIS'a'?

SuStel
Stardate 2147.0

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