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Re: Insult (jara: Weekly Vocab 8)

From:Adam Walker <carrajena@...>
Date:Saturday, May 24, 2003, 9:08
--- Stone Gordonssen <stonegordonssen@...>
wrote:
> > In Bes Dis'z > > g&#37597; tsegen rrav&#23278; rrash&#23253; vil > [G\en_L t_seG\en_H R\aval_H R\aSan_H vIl] > procreatively your-parents 2 sex-type-1 brothers > > The Pes would remind/inform you that it takes 3 ?>
one of each normal sex ?> for offspring. It might add that its rearing parent
> was indeed sex-type-1. > >
I haven't worked out Alelliawulian enough to translate that, but you'd get a similar reaction from them. They have five sexes and require one of each for reproductive sex. Figuring out how to use pronouns in stories about them is infuriating. Adam