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Elet Anta course + translation

From:John Fisher <john@...>
Date:Sunday, July 25, 1999, 21:18
I've just put up the fifth section of "Teach Yourself Elet Anta"  If
you'd like a look the index to the course is here:

   http://www.drummond.demon.co.uk/anta/course

Here's another translation exercise from the course, if anyone wants a
go (sorry that it's rather culture-specific...)

  There are many mice in my house.  I don't like them, they are dirty.
  Yesterday I saw three mice on the kitchen table, eating the bread.  My
  mother said, "Buy a cat.  Cats happily eat mice, and there will be no
  problem in your home."  In the shop I looked at two cats.  The second
  one was very big and bad tempered, and it only had one eye.  The
  attendant said, "It eats many mice."  I bought it enthusiastically.
  The cat sat in my kitchen, and its one eye looked at me angrily.  I
  was frightened of it, and I felt sorry for the mice.  But in the
  evening, I saw the cat lying on a chair.  Very near it were three
  mice.  All four animals were sleeping calmly.

--John

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John Fisher   john@drummond.demon.co.uk   johnf@epcc.ed.ac.uk
Elet Anta website: http://www.drummond.demon.co.uk/anta/
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