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Paolo asks:
>  la .and. ciska di'e
> >Is there a jvajvo principle that says that in {broda zei cmoda},
> .i .ue xu zo cmoda cu cnino rodvla

I guess so. It's a somewhat trespassing [into gismuland] type 4
(I think) fuivla (which I borrowed from the English nonce-word
"shmoda"...). It means "some predicate or other - who cares?".

[I don't know if {rodvla} should mean "predicate variable", but let it.]

Kris die coe:
> pe'i zo cmoda cu malmalglico .i zoi gy. cm- gy. cu xajmi ke valsi
> sance bau la glico .i pe'ipei milxe smuni zo co'e .a zo broda .a da

pamai, xu lika kea malmalglico kei lika kea zanglico kei du?
i remai, xu ro glico cu se mabla?

Xorxes:
> i la and pu nitcu lo rodvla poi le pamoi lerfu pe ke'a me na'ebo zo b.
> i zo cmoda cu fu'ivla

kie goe gie gohi

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