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Hurrah, I seem to have returned to being understandable; in fact, you even got the idiom behind some of my more tentative constructions, so I'm happy. Let's tidy up the points that went slightly wrong, or are of interest. 1) Yeah, "anpa" sonically is a curious one. I've never been entirely...

Right then, I'll roll those changes in and then carry on. I am aware that the earlier sections are definitely ropier than the later; when I finish the chapter - if I still feel enthused by the idea - I may go back through and update the translations. I haven't changed "trust" below, but pe...

Right, let's try to discuss fixes for those before ploughing (Commonwealth spelling) on. ona-rous. Nice :lol: 1) Hmm, vexing. So I presumably need to do "jan mute li sona e ijo pi mije lili la mije lili ni li kama pilin e ni: sama li suli mute"? Which slightly loses the " any boy"...

Manic week, so I'm just going to rework last week's chunk. nimi 'taso!' li toki pi jan Tanpeto. ona li lukin pi nasin musi ala lon sewi pi ilo lukin sama pi sike pi pini ala. kin la 'jan mute li sona e ijo ona la mije lili ali li kama pilin e ni: ona li suli mute. tawa tenpo ni: ona li ken tawa noka...

Oh dear, not a good week. Let's take things piece by piece: "mute la ni li lon" - original is simply "Exactly". I aimed for "muchly, that is true". I'd have liked to use "ni li lon mute", but I rather suspect that would be "That's in lots of places"....

nimi "ma ni li pona ali tawa jan Ari" li toki pi jan Tanpeto pi nasin ni: jan ala li kama utala toki e ona. kin la "meli sama pi mama ona en mije pi meli ni li ken pana sona e ijo ali tawa jan Ari lon tenpo kama pi sike suno mute. mi sitelen e sitelen toki tawa ona tu." nimi &qu...

(Ah, fair point. The original is actually "I don't suppose you're going to tell me why you're here, of all places?". I was rendering it down to just "I don't suppose you're going to tell me why you're here".) The back-translation here, short as it is, is pretty spot on :). I'll a...

jan pi pana sona Makonaka li kama jo e len lili li pilin e oko sama kepeken len ni lon anpa pi ilo lukin sama. jan Tanpeto li kon suli tawa insa nena sama li kama jo e ilo tenpo lili pi kiwen pi kule jelo li lukin e ilo ni. ilo ni li ilo tenpo pi nasa mute. ilo ni li jo e palisa luka luka tu. taso ...

Grrr, a couple of typos got in the way of the meaning there, and I didn't have time to proofread before posting. let's correct those up front: * jan Tanpeto li kon suli tawa insa nena sama * lon insa pi poki len sama * sina toki ala e... (as you suspected); and then Right, that dealt with: I'll fix ...

jan pi pana sona Makonaka li toki pi kalama pi pilin mute e ni: 'ni li ali ala. kute la jan Wotemoli li pali moli e mije lili Ari pi jan Pota. taso ona li ken ala. ona li ken ala moli e mije lili. jan ala li sona e tan ni. taso kute la jan Wotemoli li ken ala moli e jan Ari Pota la wawa ona li paka...