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la braiyn cusku di'e

>le nu le nu zo'e cilre fi do cfari .i le nu le nu zo'e cilre rodo le se 
>jitro cu cfari .i

Why {le se jitro}?

>le nu le nu zo'e cilre fi do cfari .i le nu zo'e cmene mi .e ju'i le nu 
>zo'e xamgu cmene .i
>do pluka mi .i

{ju'i} doesn't parse there. Did you mean {ku'i} maybe?

The way I understand it, the poem says: "The way I would put it is
this: You are precisely my cup of tea!" I'm not sure why you use
{cmene} here. Maybe something like {cu'u mi do satci mapti mi}.

>.i fe le nu le nu mi gleki cu suksa cu
>rinka fa rodo le se fe le xamgu
>ru'i cilre fa mi fi do .i

{fa rodo le se fe le xamgu ru'i cilre fa mi fi do} doesn't
say what you want, it is not grammatical.

You want something like {ro le xamgu poi fe ke'a ru'i cilre
fa mi fi do}.

mu'o mi'e xorxes


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