ᐋᖅᑭᔅᓱᐃᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᖅ ᐃᓂᒋᔭᐅᔪᒥᒃ ᐆᒧᖓ, ᓯᓚᑐᕐᓴᕐᓂᖅ
ᑕᐅᑐᑦᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕕᒻᒪᕆᐊᓗᐊ (INU) ᓴᖅᑭᐸᓪᓕᐊᓕᕐᒪᑦ−ᐊᒻᒪ ᑕᒪᑐᒪ ᐱᒋᐊᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔫᑉ ᐃᓂᒋᔭᐅᓂᐊᕐᓂᖓ ᓄᑖᑦᑎᐊᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᑐᓐᖓᕕᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓂᕆᔭᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᑎᑦᑎᔾᔪᑎᖏᓐᓂᓪᓗ. ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓱᖅᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᕇᑐ Hᐊᓪ ᑐᓐᖓᕕᖓᓂ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᔨᕈᒃᓴᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᑎᑦᑎᓂᖅ (ITE) ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᒪᔪᖅ, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑕᐱᕇᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ (ITK) ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔪᑦ ᐋᖅᑭᓱᖅᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᒃ ᓯᓚᑐᕐᓴᕐᓂᖅ (ᓯᓚᑐᓕᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᖅ). ᐅᓇ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᒃ ᑐᓐᖓᕕᒋᔭᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᔨᕈᒃᓴᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᑎᑦᑎᓂᖅ ᓴᓇᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐃᓄᓐᓄᑦ, ᐃᓄᓐᓄᑦ, ᓴᓇᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᐅᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᑲᐅᖏᓕᐅᕈᑎᑐᖃᐃᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᑎᑦᑎᓂᖅ, ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᓂᖅ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᕐᒧᓪᓗ ᐊᑦᑐᐊᓂᖃᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑕᐅᔪᒃᓴᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖏᓐᓂᑦ. ᐅᑎᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᖅ […]
ᓴᙱᓂᖅᓴᒥᒃᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᓕᐅᕐᓂᖅ ᐊᑐᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᑎᑎᖅᑲᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥᒃ
“ᑎᑎᖅᑲᓕᕆᒍᓐᓇᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᖅ ᑐᙵᕕᒋᔭᐅᒻᒪᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᐊᕐᓯᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ”, ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᔩᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖃᖅᑐᑦ ᓄᑖᒥᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᒪᔪᒥᒃ ᐊᐅᓚᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᒪᕐᕉᖕᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᓰᖕᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᓐᓄᑦ (NBES) ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓐHᐊᐱᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᓂᖅ (IE). ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᖅᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᑦ ᕇᑐ Hᐊᓪ ᑐᓐᖓᕕᖓ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᔨᕈᒃᓴᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᑎᑦᑎᓂᖅ (ITE) ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᒪᔪᑦ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᒪᕐᕉᖕᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᓰᖕᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓐHᐊᐱᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᓂᖅ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᓂᐊᕐᑐᑦ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᑎᑎᖅᑲᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᑭᖑᓕᕇᑦᑕᕐᓯᒪᔪᑦ (ILS) ᐊᑐᕋᒃᓴᑦ ᑲᑎᕐᓱᕐᓯᒪᔪᑦ—ᐊᖏᔪᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᖅ ᓴᖅᑭᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨᖏᓐᓄᑦ, ᐃᓄᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᓄᑦ. ᖃᓄᖅ ᐅᓇ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖅ ᐊᔾᔨᐅᖏᓚᖅ? […]
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