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RE: vavwI'



jatlh quljIb:

> ... At any rate here's the corrected post:

> *America*Daq no'chaj lutmey Sovbe' ghotpu'.
> no'chaj pongmey'e' Sovbe'bogh nuvpu' puS.

Why did you add a <-bogh> here? The sentence is fine without it. With it,
it's not a sentence :)

> Do'Ha'.

Do'Ha'bej.

> lutmeyvam luSovbe'lu'bogh ghoj vavwI' 'ej ghojmoH.

maj.

> lutbomwI' vavwI' 'ej muHemqu'moH.

If you're trying to say "X is Y", you need to use a pronoun. But in this
case, it's probably better to just use a verb: <lutmey(vam) bommo' vavwI'
jIHemqu'>.


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