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On Wed, Oct 20, 2004 at 05:48:41PM -0700, jordi mas wrote:
> The problem is, in comics sometimes sentences are split into
> baloons in such a way that reordering the word order into normal
> English order doesn't work.
> 
> I mean, the original says something like " luminous beings / we
> are " which in the original language is an unmarked word order,
> split in two different frames. 

[snip]

> Can I use the {fa} {se} etc. just to put the words in the order I
> want with no special emphasis intended? 

I see no problem with that. I suggest putting the selbri at the
front for least emphasis, such as:

gusni prenu / fa ma'a

-Robin

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