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Once, six children were in a round table. Master Brăwied asked them: "How many of you are here?" | Once, six children were in a round table. Master Brăwied asked them: "How many of you are here?" | ||
''Roac ăngnung nătha imcheth, emcă'aw doan: "Müeșrüch te-stiw: tach [individual], șrüch te-stiw thref, șrüch chustiw..."'' | |||
when | when PROG-count other PL-child answer one: 63: six individual, 15 pair, 20 group_of_3 | ||
While the others were still counting, one child replied: "Sixty-three: 6 individuals, 15 teams of two, 20 teams of 3, ..." | While the others were still counting, one child replied: "Sixty-three: 6 individuals, 15 teams of two, 20 teams of 3, ..." | ||
Revision as of 00:55, 31 March 2018
The Ngăthoar are a collection of stories and anecdotes, often with some moral lesson, written in Classical Windermere.
The round table
Doan ngith, dur id tach cheth mi mogor lătheath. Enwiets Păda Brăwied: "Mea ra łănam runse?"
one time, sit NOM six child in circle discuss. PFV-ask Master B.: "many what 2PL here?"
Once, six children were in a round table. Master Brăwied asked them: "How many of you are here?"
Roac ăngnung nătha imcheth, emcă'aw doan: "Müeșrüch te-stiw: tach [individual], șrüch te-stiw thref, șrüch chustiw..."
when PROG-count other PL-child answer one: 63: six individual, 15 pair, 20 group_of_3
While the others were still counting, one child replied: "Sixty-three: 6 individuals, 15 teams of two, 20 teams of 3, ..."
Master Șăfaw then asked: "Well then, how many people will be there if another person enters?"
The child nonchalantly responded: "Well, we have all of the old teams, as well as another set of teams with the new person!"