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John MacJohnbob:
> la paulos. cusku di'e
> > What does "le ko pinsi cu xunre" mean?
> "So act so that the pencil associated with you is red."
> If the pencil associated with you (call it Charles) is not red, then
> you have two choices:  you can replace Charles with a pencil that is
> red, or you can transform Charles so that it is red.

I can't see that replacing Charles is a valid response. Only
transforming Charles is. If replacing Charles is a valid response,
then I'd say {lo ko pinsi cu xunre}.
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