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On Mon, May 17, 2004 at 10:18:46PM -0500, Jordan DeLong wrote:
> On Mon, May 17, 2004 at 07:41:40PM -0700, Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> > The question of "zifre temci" and malglico has come up in the past.
> > 
> > It just occured to me that the right way to say "I don't have enough
> > free time (for X)" is "le ni mi candu cu toldu'e to fi tu'a xy toi".
> > 
> > Is there a better way to say "not enough of"?

Hi, Jordan.  Long time.

> ni'o romu'ei gi djica co tavla fo lo poi jai fanta lo se zukte ku'o se
> ranji be leka cando gi mi do tesete stidi lo sampu po'u lo tanru

I suppose it would be *possible* to say that in a more confusing
fashion, but I'm not sure how.  "lo poi jai"?  "romu'ei"?  Yeesh.

mu'i le nu da'i mi na morji lo stidi be do vau mi xenru

> ni'o lu na cando temci banzu zo'e li'u

za'a mutce simsi le mi sidbo

> .i le go'i se smuni tcila
> 
> lu le cando temci pe mi cu na banzu zo'e li'u
>     noi smuni tcila
>     lu le temci be lenu mi co'a cando be'o lenu mi mu'o cando cu na
>        banzu zo'e li'u

je'e .i xauzma

-Robin

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