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Re: KLBC: "in life"

Terrence Donnelly ([email protected]) [KLI Member]




--- Steven Boozer <[email protected]> wrote:


> 
> Since the second {-'e'} is required on the subject
> of an equational 
> sentence, we're back to recasting the "in life" bit
> again.  I would use the 
> verb {yIn} "live, be alive" plus {-taHvIS} in an
> introductory 
> clause:  {bIyIntaHvIS} "while you are living, when
> you are alive":
> 
>    bIyIntaHvIS Dochmey nIv bIHbe' Dochmey'e'
> 

Or, if you want to keep the quote more impersonal 
and gnomic: {yIn buSlu'taHvIS} "while life is being
considered..."

-- ter'eS 






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