Re: translation exercise

Nik Taylor wrote:
> Pyi'u kla pitani' sugGuyani'mi'q.
This should definitely be _pyi'u na ..._

> P-yi'u  kla pi-tani'           sug-Guyani'm-i'-q .  Suq-i'su'na-i
> G7-that be  G7-inhabited.place G3Pl-Guyanim-Pl-Gen. G3Pl-that.one-Pl.
> I wasn't sure here wheter to you _kla_ or _na_.  Kla is "equative",
> while _na_ is "token",
I should've used _na_, because it refers to "their cities" later, thus,
this is only one of several.

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