itten language, Рthis logogram means roughly ‘hear easily’ or ‘hear clearly.’ See the elements it has mon with the logogram for Р‘hear’? You can bine it with ‘heptapod’ in the same ways as before, to indicate that the heptapod can hear Рsomething clearly or that the heptapod is clearly heard. But what's really interesting is that the modulation of ‘hear’Рinto ‘hear clearly’ isn't a special case; you see the transformation they applied?”РGary nodded, pointing. “It's like they express the idea of ‘clearly’ by changing the curve of those strokes in the midd-Рle.”Р“Right. That modulation is applicable to lots of verbs. The logogram for ‘see’ can be modulated in the same way to Рform ‘see clearly,’ and so can the logogram for ‘read’ and others. And changing the curve of those strokes has no pa-
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