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Robin Lee Powell wrote:

>.ui sai do jinga lo ....
>
>    festi se samymri
>
>.i mi'a pacna lo nu do gleki lo se jinga gi'e nelci ri ca lo ba
>nanca be li so'i
>  
>
The guy has humour :-).

The second sentence is a bit tricky for me.

mi'a pacna lo nu do gleki lo se jinga 

x1 of pacna is mi'a. 
x2 of pacna starts with "lo nu do gleki", but is "lo se jinga" x2 of "gleki" or x3 of "pacna"? I assume its x2 of "gleki" because "lo se jinga" (the prise) doesn't make as much sence as x3 of pacna, and there isn't the elidable terminator "ku" there.  

gi'e 
nelci ri ca lo ba nanca be li so'i

What does "ri" refer to here? My rational guess would be whatever gi'e pulls out of the first selbri? 

x1 of nelci would be "mi'a" because of the afterthought connective (?)
x2 would be ri, whatever it is,
x3 would be "ca lo ba nanca be li so'i".. "during many future years". 

I assume you're saying "We hope that you are fond of your prize for many years". Am I doing the afterthought connective wrong?

Mikevdg.