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Rob Speer wrote:

> 
>>3) Is something like "fa mi fa do broda" grammatical? What would that mean?
> 
> 
> It's certainly grammatical. It's also been given a meaning - the same as
> "mi e do broda".

True - the first "fa" is not necessary, though. The same can be done 
with any place e.g. "mi klama la paris. fe la .istanbul."  But why use 
FA when you can use ".e"?

robin.tr

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