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=== Apostrophe (') === | === Apostrophe (') === | ||
When two syllables are put together, | When two syllables are put together, sometimes one letter might appear to be connected to the right syllable when it shouldn't be. The [[apostrophe]] is used to remove the ambiguity. For example: | ||
* {{x|of}} (烏; "black") + {{x|kix}} (痣; "mole") = o'kix = {{x|okix}} | |||
* {{x|og}} (惡; "evil") + {{x|ix}} (意; "intention") = {{x|ok'ix}} | |||
In MTL, we group the letters starting from the right into the longest syllable. So reading ''okix'', the second syllable is ''kix''. Then the first syllable is ''o''. There's no need to write ''o'kix''. | |||
If you drop the apostrophe from ''ok'ix'', it would be ''okix'', so the apostrophe needs to stay. | |||
=== Hyphen (-) === | === Hyphen (-) === |