Date:         Sat, 31 Oct 1998 18:39:12 -0300
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From:         "=?iso-8859-1?Q?Jorge_J._Llamb=EDas?=" <jorge@INTERMEDIA.COM.AR>
Subject:      Re: Three more proverbs (translation)
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la robin cusku di'e

>> le ciblu jisygau no le ciblu
>>
>Kan kanla temizlenmez.
>Blood is not cleaned with blood
>(i.e. use peaceful means to end conflicts)

Shouldn't it be:
    le ciblu cu jisygau fi no le ciblu

Is it the blood that's to be cleaned, or something else
that has blood on it? Also you could use {lumci}:

    na lumci fi lo ciblu lo ciblu

>> le gerku poi cmoni na'e batci
>
>Havlayan k=F6pek =FDs=FDrmaz
>The dog who barks doesn't bite
>(i.e. someone who blusters a lot won't carry out their threats)

You need {cu} in front of {na'e}, otherwise {cmoni na'e batci} is
a single selbri. Or you could just use {na}.

>> le stace tavla se livbai so le tcadu
>
>Do=F0ru konu=FEan, dokuz k=F6yden kovulur.
>He who speaks truly is thrown out of nine villages
>(i.e. telling the truth will make you unpopular)

You need {cu} and, I suppose, {fi}.
{livbai} must mean "x1 expels x2 from x3 via x4", so
probably the villages should go in the x3, unless you're
seeing the villages themselves as doing the expelling.


co'o mi'e xorxes