Re: Cases, again

Quoting Henrik Theiling <theiling@...>:

> Hi!
>
> Philippe Caquant <herodote92@...> writes:
> > Yes, and when you ask :
> > - Skol'ko let ? (how many years ?)
> > you can get an answer like:
> > - Tri goda (three years).
>
> Yes, a funny thing to count years as summers.  But only when using the
> gen.pl. form... <shaking head>  Very funny! :-)
In Swedish there's an expression "on X springs" for "X-years-old".

                                                      Andreas

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