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Re: beginner's question
cu'u la robin
>Having tried to follow the le/lo and metaphor strings to the best of my
>extremely limited ability, I thought I'd try translating the Turkish saying
>"b=FCt=FCn kad=FDnlar =E7i=E7ektir" - "All women are flowers"
>(not, I hasten=
> to add,
>because I agree with it - in fact it strikes me as extremely naff). If
>I've got this right, it comes out as:
>
>pe'a lo piro ninmu cu xrula po'a
That should be {ro ninmu cu xrula}. {piro} means "the whole",
{ro} is "all". Also, {ro ninmu} = {ro lo ninmu}.
{lo ro ninmu} is "at least one of all those that are women".
cu'u mi'e xorxes