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Re: coi rodo - mi'e .aulun.



Ivan,

> {do na finpe} vs {do na du mi} does not quite get across the
> parallelism of the original, which had, I take it, something
> like _ni3 bu4shi4 yu2_ vs _ni3 bu4shi4 wo3_.

you're right: the original is "zi3 fei1 yu2" - "zi3 fei1 wo3" (Big5:
¤l«D³½¡X¤l«D§Ú) in ancient Chinese. (You can find a
graphic text
in 'Files').
I tried to post some remarks on writing Chinese cmene - yet failed
somehow (maybe sent the message only to xorxes.)

Alfred