From araizen@newmail.net Sat Feb 5 11:34:22 2000
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Message-ID: <44114.355.1930.959273825@eGroups.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2000 21:34:22 +0200
From: "Adam Raizen" <araizen@newmail.net>
Subject: Re: Translation needed

la xorxes cusku di'e

> > 6. Often it takes just a few simple resources for
> >impoverished people to be able to grow enough food to become 
> >self-sufficient. These resources include quality seeds, appropriate tools, 
> >and access to water. Small
> >improvements in farming techniques and food storage methods are also 
> >helpful.
> 
> i xamai
> i so'iroiku so'u sampu selsabji cu banzu le nu lei pindi
> ka'e banrygau lo cidja noi banzu le nu py binxo lo se'isra
> i lei selsabji cu selcmi loi xamgu tsiju e loi mapti tutci
> e lo nu ka'e cpacu lo djacu i loi cmalu nu xagze'a fa loi
> cange tadji e loi cidja sorcu tadji cu sidju ji'a
> 

The x2 of cmima is a set, so it should be "le'i selsabji". It's not 
critical, but I would also say something like "le'i di'u selsabji" to 
translate "these resources".

I'm not sure whether 'cmalu' can apply to non-physical things, but I 
suppose it probably should be able to. As a (probably not very 
satisfactory) alternative, you could put something like "li piso'u" in 
the x4 of xagze'a, which by my calculation is the x3 of zenba.

co'o mi'e adam


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