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Dave''s writing exercises

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sinpin anpa mi li suli. mi wile e ni: mi jo e sinpin anpa lili. mi moku e panlili e kili mute. mi moku ala e suwi. mi moku e moku pona. mi pali e sijelo mi.mi sewi li anpa e ijo suli. ijo li jo e nimi Kettlebells. mi wile e ni: sijelomi li kama wawa. pali musi sijelo kepeken ijo Kettlebells li pona tawa mi. tenpopini la mi ken pali musi sijelo tawa tenpo lili. tenpo ni la mi ken pali musisijelo tawa tenpo suli. kin mi tawa noka lon nasin tawa tenpo suli.All comments on my text are welcome.Thanks,DaveMy waist is large. I wish to have a small waist. I eat a little bread and muchfruit. I don not eat sweets. I eat good food. I work my body. I lift and lowerheavy objects. The objects have the name kettlebells. I wish this: my bodybecomes strong. I like to exercise using kettlebells. Before I am able toexercise a short time. Now I am able to exercise a long time. I also walk on theroad for a long time.
John E Clifford

Re: Dave''s writing exercises

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________________________________From: daraffa <aikidave@gmail.com>To: tokipona@yahoogroups.comSent: Tuesday, July 7, 2009 1:50:02 PMSubject: [tokipona] Dave's writing exercisessinpin anpa mi li suli. mi wile e ni: mi jo e sinpin anpa lili. mi moku e panlili e kili mute. mi moku ala e suwi. mi moku e moku pona. mi pali e sijelo mi.mi sewi li anpa e ijo suli. ijo li jo e nimi Kettlebells. mi wile e ni: sijelomi li kama wawa. pali musi sijelo kepeken ijo Kettlebells li pona tawa mi.*The old problem of prepositional phrases in noun phrases: are theylegal? Iwould use 'pali musi sijelo ni' for the nonce, just in case.tenpo pini la mi ken pali musi sijelo tawa tenpo lili. tenpo ni la mi ken palimusi sijelo tawa tenpo suli. kin mi tawa noka lon nasin tawa tenpo suli.*I s 'tawa tenpo' for 'for/during/over a time' quite right; my usual worryabout too literal English renditions. Ie may be right and Lord know we needsomething for this.ante la pona mute.All comments on my text are welcome.Thanks,DaveMy waist is large. I wish to have a small waist. I eat a little bread and muchfruit. I don not eat sweets. I eat good food. I work my body. I lift and lowerheavy objects. The objects have the name kettlebells. I wish this: my bodybecomes strong. I like to exercise using kettlebells. Before I am able toexercise a short time. Now I am able to exercise a long time. I also walk on theroad for a long time.[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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