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Argonil
March 13, 2019

A couple of questions

Hi. I submitted a question but got no response so I'll keep it short this time. Can "kaal" (champion) be used as a verb? It only says it's a noun when I look it up.
How would you translate "skyfire"? "Lokyol" doesn't seem right, would "lok-yol" be better?
Can possessive suffixes be used to indicate ownership even when it doesn't make sense to put the pronoun there in english? For an example, can you use the -i suffix to say "heim daar goli" and have it mean "forge this land (which is mine)" even though the literal translation to english would be "forge this my land"?

Thank you.

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Zinrahzul
March 14, 2019

I'm sorry no one answered your last question. It's possible I missed it. I love answering these anyway:

1. We don't see in-game kaal being used as a verb, so you can say "to be a champion for/of" instead. 

For example: "She champions Alikr freedom" would be "She is a champion for Alikr  freedom" (Rek los kaal fah Alikr stin)

2. Skyfire can be "sky fire" (lok yol) or "fire of the sky" (yolselok). "Se" can be used to join two nouns, so you have flexibility in translation.

3. I don't remember any usage of that in-game, but I think the meaning is clear. I personally use that construction myself when I form sentences.

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