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Re: KLBC Challenge: similar suffixes



At 15:03 97-12-15 -0800, Scott Randel wrote:

}qu''a' Ha'DIbaH'a'
}(Is the big animal fierce?)

maj.

}nuvoqbe'pu' tera'nganpu'
}(Terrans have mistrusted us.)

maj. I hesitated a moment over the translation, but "mistrust" in English
simply means {voqbe'}.  

}maghwI' HoH vavwI'
}(My father killed the traitor.)

maj.

}wIvlI' HoDlI'
}(Your captain is choosing.)

majQa'

}bIpujmo' QaghlIjmo' bIbIQ
}(Because you are weak, you are sad because of your mistake.)

It was tough, but you thought of a sentence that uses the suffixes
perfectly.  One silly mistake though: {bI'IQ} not {bIbIQ}.

pov ghItlhHomlIj.  

Qov     [email protected]
Beginners' Grammarian                 



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