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Re: KLBC - 3.3.4

From: "Quvar valer" <levinius@gmx.de>
> >I think this should be
> >The children steal my chocolate.
> >yuchwI' nIH puqpu'
>
> No, it's {yuchwIj}. The possessive suffix {-wI'} is for "beings capable of
language". And this concerns
> not the possessor, but the thing possessed: chocolate.

Actually, it should be /yuchwIj lunIH puqpu'/.  The verb prefix /lu-/ is
necessary here, unless your meaning is "chocolates," a plural concept.

SuStel
Stardate 2825.3

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