From jorge@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xxx Fri Apr 16 04:11:44 1999
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Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 08:11:44 -0300
From: "=?US-ASCII?Q?Jorge_J._Llamb=EDas?=" <jorge@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xxx
Subject: Re: di'e preti zo nu

la kuontym sip cusku di'e

>If I understand the grammar correctly, the correct translation is:
>
> ro lo fadni be le ka merko
> all of the ordinariness of the properties of Americans

No, {fadni} means "xi is ordinary/typical in property x2", and
therefore {ro lo fadni be le ka merko} means "every one 
of those that are ordinary/typical in the property of being 
American".

"Ordinariness/typicality" would be {le ka fadni}, not just
{lo fadni}.

co'o mi'e xorxes