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So Master Brăwied asked: "Well then, how many people will be there if another person enters?" | So Master Brăwied asked: "Well then, how many people will be there if another person enters?" | ||
''Emcă'aw id ceth | ''Emcă'aw id ceth ăbay, ...'' | ||
The child nonchalantly responded: "Well, we have all of the old teams, as well as another set of teams with the new person!" | The child nonchalantly responded: "Well, we have all of the old teams, as well as another set of teams with the new person!" | ||
Revision as of 05:10, 5 April 2018
The Imthumăytil (Investigations) 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 lăytheath. Enwiets Păda Brăwied: "Mea ra łănam runse?"
one time, sit NOM six child in circle VN.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 imcheth nătha, emcă'aw doan: "Müeșrüch te-stiw: tsin tach mognas, șrüch te-stiw thref, șrüch te-chloas chustiw..."
when PROG-count PL-child other answer one: 63 because 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, ..."
Łop enwiets Păda Brăwied: "Ǎna mea ra moach, srüe hădean do croth nătha?"
then PFV-ask Master B.: "then many what be_at, if enter one person other"
So Master Brăwied asked: "Well then, how many people will be there if another person enters?"
Emcă'aw id ceth ăbay, ...
The child nonchalantly responded: "Well, we have all of the old teams, as well as another set of teams with the new person!"