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Re: Bite me?
At 11:01 AM 12/12/97 -0500, you wrote:
...
>.e'u ko ga'i batci .o'ase'i
.iacu'i
>I think the self-centeredness of the attitudinals makes it unnecessary
>to say what is to be bitten, especially since it really isn't clear that
>the speaker wants an actual bite to occur to his personage. The .e'u on
>the beginning is probably optional.
Attitudinals may be the right way to handle this, but I'm not sure that
these are the right ones. I'm completely out of touch with this part
of the language. It's an interesting approach... Thanks!
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Carl Burke
cburke@mitre.org