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Re: le co'a tcadu



--excuse the english, but i'm talking about language issues itself 
here.

--- In jbosnu@y..., Invent Yourself <xod@s...> wrote:
> On Sat, 29 Sep 2001 thinkit8@l... wrote:
> 
> > mi cusku di'e bau la gliban
> >
> > just wondering about some of your tanrus...
> >
> > --- In jbosnu@y..., Invent Yourself <xod@s...> wrote:
> > > .i ge'e kandi tcadu .i ge'e krici noda poi na si'o denci venfu
> >
> > denci venfu?  tooth type of revenge?  do you mean "tooth for 
tooth"?
> 
> 
> Yup.

that is a very culturally defined (specifically in the bible) 
concept.  wouldn't "simxu venfu" or maybe "simsa venfu" be better?

> 
> 
> > > .i ge'e le grusi fagyfesti goi G poi bai ke'a le karce puzi 
plita
> > porpi
> >
> > plita porpi?  plane broken?
> 
> 
> Crushed.
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> It's said that Mullah Omar has met two non-Muslims in his life. 
Others say
> even that's not true.
> 
> Sami ul-Haq, Osama bin Laden's closest friend in Pakistan, runs the
> "University for the Education of Truth," a fundamentalist 
institution that
> educated and trained nine out of the Taliban's top 10 leaders.