
Li estis honestulo = Он был честным человеком.
1. был кем? - человеком: творительный падеж
Хотя "он был честный человек" - не ошибка.
2. Союза "а" нет в переводе.
а = sed ? (aber, doch)

Spasibochka!

Мой дядя самых честных правил.
Иных же оставлял как есть.
;-)

Мой дядя самых честных правил.
Иных же оставлял как есть.
If you want to make sure, that Sasha understands you, please add a prosa translation!

In this particular case any kind of translation will just spoil the original idea. :-)

Это не убедительное оправдание.
http://tatoeba.org/deu/sentences/show/2048908

OK, if you insist... ;-)
My uncle used to correct the most honest ones.
And he used to leave all the others as they were.

May I ask what was your uncle's profession?

Это нужно спрашивать у Пушкина. А, точнее, у некоего Е.Онегина, это его дядя. :-)

There you can see how stupid I am!
Why did I suppose that this was YOUR uncle?
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