Date:  Wed, 17 Dec 1997 13:29:01 -0500 (EST)
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From: Robin Turner <robin@BILKENT.EDU.TR>
Subject:      Re: Turkish proverb 3
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At 22:45 13/12/97 -0300, you wrote:
>How about this:
>
>   lei ckini cu gasnu le dukse be fi tu'a le ja'urjukpa
>
>co'o mi'e kris
>
Looks good, except ckini includes anyone who is akin to you; presumably I
could say

la kris ckini la robin le ka glicu

if we feel a sense of kinship through being English.  I like the use of
dukse, though, which I think carries the sense of the proverb.


Robin Turner

Bilkent Universitesi,
IDMYO,
Ankara,
Turkey.

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