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KLBC- Your not wellcome here.

• From: [email protected] (Gerald Borleis)
• Subject: KLBC- Your not wellcome here.
• Date: Sun, 26 Jan 1997 19:50:38 -0400

>> 'el cHawbe' SoH
>> You are not allowed to enter.

>This is a much more complicated sentence than you think.  You must carefully
>study section 6.2.5 to get it right.  If you still don't want me to give away
>the answer, I'll get you started.

>You have two main verbs here: {'el} and {chaw'be'}.  Not only do they not have
>prefixes on them (these are required, see TKD section 4.1), but you cannot
>have two main verbs in one sentence.

>But you can have two sentences in one!  Using sentence-as-object, you can make
>the first sentence the object of the second sentence.  The first sentence is
>"You enter."  The second would be "One does not permit that," where "that"
>refers to the "You enter" sentence.  There, now, can you get it?


Here is my latest attempt:

yI'el net qachaw'be'
You are not allowed to enter.


Qapla'

Jerry

reH DuSIgh vavlI'

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