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Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: le mi mlatu
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la brus. cusku di'e:
> i. la .umal. goi cmalu mlatu pe mi 

Your meaning is clear, but I think you must specify which pro-sumti you
are defining. Thus, {la .umal. goi ko'a cmalu mlatu pe mi}. the {pe mi}
at the end strikes me as incorrect, but I can't tell you the correct
usage.

This can be easily change to include that she is female, {la .umal. goi
ko'a cmalu fetsi mlatu pe mi}.

> .i le la .umal. kerfa cu bunre xekri grunsi 

This sentence says "Oumma's fur is brownish blackish gray". You might
also think about using {be} instead of the implicit {pe}, {le kerfa be
la .umal. bunre gi'e xekri gi'e grusi}.

> i. ko'a rinsa mi na'o mi klama se mi xabju

I think you misordered a few things and dropped a modal here, {ko'a na'o
rinsa mi ki'u mi klama le mi se xabju}.

I realize I just threw a lot at you. Ask any questions and I'll try to
point you toward the answer.

--Xavier Shirin