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ᡳ ᠠᡳ ᡥᠠᠴᡳᠨ ‍ᡳ ᠪᠠᡥᠠᠨᠠᡥᠠ ᡠᡵᡝᡥᡝ ᠣᡴᡳᠨᡳ᠈ ᠮᡠᠰᡝ ᡩᠠᠮᡠ ᠮᡠᠵᡳᠯᡝᠨ ᠪᡝ ᡨᡝᠩ ᠰᡝᠮᡝ ᠵᠠᡶᠠᡶᡳ᠈ ᡤᡡᠨᡳᠨ ᡤᡳᡵᡴᡡᡶᡳ ᡨᠠᠴᡳᠴᡳ ᡠᡩᡠ ᡨᡝᡵᡝ ᡨᡝᠨ ᡩᡝ ᡳᠰᡳᠨᠠᠮᡝ ᠮᡠᡨᡝᡵᠠᡴᡡ ᠪᡳᠴᡳᠪᡝ ᡳᠨᡠ ᡠᡵᡠᠨᠠᡴᡡ ᡥᠠᠮᡳᠨᠠᠮᠪᡳᡩᡝᡵᡝ᠉

Well, then, no matter how exact or practised a speaker he may be, all we have to do is to make up our mind and apply ourselves to the language; and if we don’t quite reach the point he has attained, we shall not be very far behind him, I suspect.

i
he
ai
what?
hacin
kind
i
genitive affix
bahanaha
Pret. (4) of bahanambi to comprehend
urehe
Pret. (4) of urembi to be proficient
okini
Opt. (15) of ombi to be, may
muse
we
damu
only
mujilen
heart
be
accusative affix
teng
with sembi to be firm
seme
Ger. (3) of sembi to say
jafafi
Past Ger. (8) of jafambi to take
gūnin
thought
girkūfi
Past Ger. (8) of girkūmbi to exert
tacici
Cond. (6) of tacimbi to learn
udu
although
tere
that
ten
hight
de
to, at
isiname
Ger. (3) of isinambi to arrive
muterakū
Fut. (5) of mutembi to be able, with akū not
bicibe
Advers. (13) of bimbi to be
inu
yes, certainly
urunakū
without doubt
haminambi
to come near
dere
final particle expressing a presumption.