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On Monday, December 15, 2014 6:59:41 AM UTC-8, Ilmen wrote:=20
>
> Both {ko tu'a mi ze'i denpa} and {.e'o do ze'i denpa} seem okay to me.
>
> {.e'o do ze'i xrukla vi} =E2=80=94 "please go back for a short time and a=
t a short=20
> distance" ~ "please be such that, during a short time, at a short distanc=
e,=20
> you're going back".
> I'm not quite sure what did you mean with this one sentence, but it isn't=
=20
> suitable for the original English sentence.
> Maybe did you want {.e'o do ze'i zvada'o} =E2=80=94 "please be away for a=
 short=20
> duration"?
>
> As for {.e'o mi'a ze'i djica lo nu siv*y*tavla}, the way {.e'o} is=20
> usually used, it would mean "I request you that for a short time we want=
=20
> private-talking", in which "we want" seems misplaced.
> I'd have said {.e'o mi'a ze'i sivycasnu} =E2=80=94 "I request you that=20
> me-and-the-other(s) privatly talk to each other for a small duration" =E2=
=80=94, or=20
> {.e'o curmi lo nu mi'a ze'i sivycasnu}.
>

 How is {ko tu'a mi ze'i denpa} translated?

{.e'o do ze'i xrukla vi} was my attempt at:" I request that you return here=
=20
after a short time span."
Does [vi] not work as [here]?

Thank you for the other examples!

.io

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><br><br>On Monday, December 15, 2014 6:59:41 AM UTC-8, Ilm=
en wrote:&nbsp;<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0;margin-=
left: 0.8ex;border-left: 1px #ccc solid;padding-left: 1ex;"><div text=3D"#0=
00000" bgcolor=3D"#FFFFFF">
    Both {ko tu'a mi ze'i denpa} and {.e'o do ze'i denpa} seem okay to
    me.<br>
    <br>
    {.e'o do ze'i xrukla vi} =E2=80=94 "please go back for a short time and=
 at a
    short distance" ~ "please be such that, during a short time, at a
    short distance, you're going back".<br>
    I'm not quite sure what did you mean with this one sentence, but it
    isn't suitable for the original English sentence.<br>
    Maybe did you want {.e'o do ze'i zvada'o} =E2=80=94 "please be away for=
 a
    short duration"?<br>
    <br>
    As for {.e'o mi'a ze'i djica lo nu siv<font color=3D"#660000"><b>y</b><=
/font>tavla},
    the way {.e'o} is usually used, it would mean "I request you that
    for a short time we want private-talking", in which "we want" seems
    misplaced.<br>
    I'd have said {.e'o mi'a ze'i sivycasnu} =E2=80=94 "I request you that
    me-and-the-other(s) privatly talk to each other for a small
    duration" =E2=80=94, or {.e'o curmi lo nu mi'a ze'i sivycasnu}.<br></di=
v></blockquote><div><br>&nbsp;How is {ko tu'a mi ze'i denpa} translated?<br=
><br>{.e'o do ze'i xrukla vi} was my attempt at:" I request that you return=
 here after a short time span."<br>Does [vi] not work as [here]?<br><br>Tha=
nk you for the other examples!<br><br>.io<br><br></div></div>

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