[lojban-beginners] Re: APE (Audience Participation Exercise): Lojbanic words of wisdom

[ianek <janek37@gmail.com>]

On 28 Gru, 18:15, Pierre Abbat <p...@bezitopo.org> wrote:
> On Friday, December 28, 2012 08:46:34 ianek wrote:
> > ko lo se dunda xirma na denci catlu
> > ("Darowanemu koniowi nie zagląda się w zęby", 'don't examine teeth of
> > a horse you got as a present')
>
> In English this is "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth."

That could be {ko na catlu lo se dunda xirma moklu}

There's one more popular Polish proverb about horses:

lo xirma ku tuple lo vo mei i ku'i xy ji'a tapflifa'u
"Koń ma cztery nogi i też się potknie", 'a horse has four legs and it
trips, too', English equivalent is "Even Jove nods".

mu'o mi'e ianek

>
> Speaking of horses:
> gau do lo xirma cu klama lo rirxe .iku'i gaunai do ra pinxe
> You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink.
>
> pruce lo naldra lo naldra
> Garbage in, garbage out.
>
> Pierre
>
> --
> I believe in Yellow when I'm in Sweden and in Black when I'm in Wales.

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