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Re: KLBC: {-ghach} (was Re: qama')



ja' quljIb:
>maj. vIbellu'.

This should be either {vIbelmoHlu'}, or more simply, just plain {jIbel}.

The verb {bel} already has the "be pleased" meaning.  You seem to have
gotten caught up in a pattern where you think the {-lu'} suffix makes a
verb turn into a passive form, like {Soplu'} "it is eaten".  If you're
having trouble like that, it's worth focusing on the "one eats it" way
of translating it for a while.

-- ghunchu'wI'




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