On 1/5/07, Cyril Slobin <slobin@ice.ru> wrote:
> "Keeping your promise would be silly" I suggest:
> {lo nu zukte lo se nupre be do cu se bebna}
Yes, it works, but it is too verbose. After all, the original text is
a bit of poetry, and I am trying to avoid explicit {zukte}. Probably
something like {le su'u nupre} or {tu'a lo se nupre} does the job.
I wouldn't know what to make of {su'u}, but {tu'a} works for me.
Also you might say something like {bebna lo nu nupyzu'e}
if you want terseness.
mu'o mi'e xorxes