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Re: [Ladekwa] Sentence of the day



MorphemeAddict@hidden.email wrote:
> 
> Jutay sya geko pa gedefyu dwefoy.  Sya jeacaw gehi tomine?
> 
> Jutay sya fawma defyu babyeku twe defyu gibyeku.  
> 
> ['I don't understand your sentence.  What does it mean?
> The first and third words don't exist.']
> 

You don't need to repeat "defyu".  Just link the two numeric adjectives,
as in English:

  Jutay sya fawma defyu babyeku twe gibyeku.

Note though, that you MUST use "twe".  Otherwise, you would be talking
about just one "word" that is somehow both "first" and "third".


Regards,

Rick Morneau
http://www.eskimo.com/~ram