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Re: Expressing ages

From:Joe Fatula <fatula3@...>
Date:Friday, March 28, 2003, 5:54
From: "Rachel Klippenstein" <estel_telcontar@...>
Subject: Expressing ages


> Hi, > > I'm trying to figure out how age is expressed in > Ikanirae Seru, and I'm interested in knowing how other > languages do it.
Perhaps something along the lines of "I have yeared thrice." for "I am three years old.", if your language makes enough numerical distinctions, such as three/third/threefold/thrice. Which is a whole 'nother discussion entirely.