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RE: KLBC: DaHjaj mu'mey:



jatlh tuv'el:

>>> puchDaq no' DIrmaj vItu'mo' bortaS DIb vItaghnIS.

jIjang. jIjatlh:

>> vutpa' yIjaHQo'. pa' betleHlIj'e' pIDbogh ghISDen Datu'.

jang tuv'el. jatlh:

> OK, the second sentence here freaked me out.
> This is what I came up with:

> "Don't go to the galley. You'll find the scales that coat
> your bat'telh there."

Very close. The <-'e'> marks <betleH> as the head noun of the relative
clause, making it:

Don't go to the galley! You'll find your betleH, which is covered in scales.


> tuv'el, vengHom DoghwI'

vengvetlh vIlegh vIneHbej.


pagh
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