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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/27/2016 9:47 AM, mayqel qunenoS
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<div dir="auto">lets take a non be-verb:</div>
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<div dir="auto">lotlh = to rebel</div>
<div dir="auto">lotlhwI' = the rebel</div>
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<div dir="auto">now, lets take a be-verb:</div>
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<div dir="auto">bel = be pleased</div>
<div dir="auto">belwI' = someone who is pleased</div>
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<div dir="auto">Is my translation of the {belwI'} correct ? I am
wondering whether the addition of the {-wI'} on be-verbs,
functions differently from the way it does on non be-verbs.</div>
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<p>Your translation is correct. <b>-wI'</b> turns a verb into a
noun which is the subject of the verb. Exactly how that translates
into English is irrelevant.<br>
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