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"I say that I am also dangerous."

(8.16)[16]
"Shídó nghégo 'ádishndí."

"I say that I am also dangerous."

 
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(8.16) Linguistic Notes

shídó nghégo 'ádishndí 'I say that I am dangerous also'. Note that nghégo is the 3rd person [see note 8.15] rather than the 1st person the translation would seem to require. Perhaps a better translation would be 'I too say that they [the monsters] are dangerous.'

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