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Re: KLBC Challenge: similar suffixes



ghItlh Qov
> }>bIpujmo' QaghlIjmo' bIbIQ
> }>(Because you are weak, you are sad because of your mistake.)
> }>[That last one was tough.  I hope I came close.]
> }
[pe']
> I quite liked it.  I see the acceptable sentence {QaghlIjmo' bI'IQ} with the
> acceptable clause {bIpujmo'} explaining the reason for the second sentence.
> bIpujbe'chugh QaghlIjmo' bI'IQbe'.  HoSwI' nuQbe' QaghDaj.  If both the noun
> and the verb were indicated as caues of the same effect it would certainly
> be icky, as occured with the one who tried to fit all ten suffixes into one
> sentence. :)

I didn't even occur to me that the first clause could explain a 
second, which explains the main clause... I must admit I think this 
sentence is much better than mine.

/Doneq
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yIvoq 'ach yI'ol


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