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Subject: Re: [lojban] I am the man who wrote you a letter
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Philip Newton <Philip.Newton@datenrevision.de> scripsit:

> How to say something like "I am the man who wrote you a letter"?

In this particular case I would say "mi'e [le] nanmu poi te xatra do",
but that doesn't generalize beyond "mi'e" and "doi".

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