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(el ~~$D~~FG:EE~IC, ~9~~~\gt.itj~9 ~XP~&$L-CLG~
(Sitting on a bench at the park a foppish man is talking with a coquet-
tish woman.)
(f) j tj~%+k&?i 9 GT~~AT, %$b~- ~WLL~Z t. eta AT~~SP,
V. t
-92 L-c, $Dt:abab\tvTtLO
(Our son gets bored easily, and he tries new things one after another,
but doesn't get anywhere with any of them.)
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(g) 5 7: < b 9 tTblA9 T, !$Ttb0
(I don't like a person who is distrustful.)

1. The Adj(i) suffix -ppoi is usually used in highly informal speech and
writing, meaning something like English "-ish."
2. The suffix -ppoi is an Adj(i), so it conjugates exactly like other
Adj(i)'s.

Z9 tTlt hI2 (if s.t. is blackish)

W 9 lTh33 (Tt) (s.t. was blackish)
3. The nouns, adjectives, and verbs that can take the suffi -ppoi are not
unlimited, but quite productive, especially when it is connected with a
noun. The following is a list of nouns, adjectives and verbs most com-
monly used with the suffix.