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Thank you. What kind of word (the missing subject) should appear between
"sy." and "ckaji" if the order were kept the same?

Just to be clarify, all that was needed was "sy." and "ca" switching
places, right? That's great -- preserves the meter.

On Fri, Sep 6, 2019, 20:16 Pierre Abbat <phma@bezitopo.org> wrote:

> On Friday, 6 September 2019 18.56.42 EDT Xabju wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > Beginner here looking for some help. Wondering if this nonsensical verse
> > parses:
> >
> > le skaci cakcinki cu sakcti ci cidja
> > .i je ca sy. ckaji ci skaci selcitka
> >
> >
> > It should read, "The 'skirt-beetle' suckingly eats three foods, and it is
> > now characterized by three skirtish eaten-things."
>
> It does parse, but I think you mean ".ije sy. ca ckaji". "ca sy. ckaji"
> means
> "when it, [missing subject] is characterized".
>
> Pierre
>
> --
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> icu'u la ma'atman.
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<div dir=3D"auto"><div>Thank you. What kind of word (the missing subject) s=
hould appear between &quot;sy.&quot; and &quot;ckaji&quot; if the order wer=
e kept the same?<div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Just to be cl=
arify, all that was needed was &quot;sy.&quot; and &quot;ca&quot; switching=
 places, right? That&#39;s great -- preserves the meter.</div><br><div clas=
s=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Fri, Sep 6, 2019=
, 20:16 Pierre Abbat &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:phma@bezitopo.org" target=3D"_bl=
ank" rel=3D"noreferrer">phma@bezitopo.org</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquo=
te class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc so=
lid;padding-left:1ex">On Friday, 6 September 2019 18.56.42 EDT Xabju wrote:=
<br>
&gt; Hello all,<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; Beginner here looking for some help. Wondering if this nonsensical ver=
se<br>
&gt; parses:<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; le skaci cakcinki cu sakcti ci cidja<br>
&gt; .i je ca sy. ckaji ci skaci selcitka<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; It should read, &quot;The &#39;skirt-beetle&#39; suckingly eats three =
foods, and it is<br>
&gt; now characterized by three skirtish eaten-things.&quot;<br>
<br>
It does parse, but I think you mean &quot;.ije sy. ca ckaji&quot;. &quot;ca=
 sy. ckaji&quot; means <br>
&quot;when it, [missing subject] is characterized&quot;.<br>
<br>
Pierre<br>
<br>
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i toljundi do .ibabo mi&#39;afra tu&#39;a do<br>
ibabo damba do .ibabo do jinga<br>
icu&#39;u la ma&#39;atman.<br>
<br>
<br>
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