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Re: Do you speak english?

From:Larry Sulky <larrysulky@...>
Date:Monday, March 27, 2006, 3:05
On 3/26/06, Larry Sulky <larrysulky@...> wrote:
> On 3/26/06, Remi Villatel <maxilys@...> wrote:
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> Formal: > > uwe ate epa ula alosa ilomi?
I may have made a mistake. I interpreted the question in English as "do you, from time to time, speak English?" If instead it was meant to refer to ability, not the action itself, then I should have translated it thus: uwe ate epo epa ula alosa ilomi? epo = 'to be able to' --larry