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RE: CAFE.INT.REV zoi pu. le kafybarja po'u la jbolaz. pu



Iain replies to me on Iain:
>
> > > no'i lo be'ipre cu klama co veigau lemi selcpe po'u
> > > le barda tsali bo ckafi gi'ebabo
> > tsali ki'a? .i le ki'a
> > > nalsirkla mo'ize'oku na'e mo'ifa'a le jupku'a
>
> I wasn't sure what to use for "strong coffee".  I considered {carmi},
> which may be the correct answer.  But I wasn't sure what {tsali} was for.
> I notice your (and Andrew's) "le nu bandu" piece uses it where I
> would have used {vlipa} (more on this piece to follow).


I'm not sure, either. "tsali" is about a property and a standard, while
"vlipa" is about an action, so you may be right on both counts. I still
don't like "tasli ckafi" though.
>
> Are you complaining about the {le} in {le barda tsali bo ckafi}?

go'i
> I'm not sure why I used {le}, but on the other hand, I'm not sure
> what's wrong with it.
>
	kolin