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Bunneydys

Lessoon Queig as Daeed

blein
eash

d'eash
jeih bleeaney as daeed
tree feed blein
jeih bleeaney as tree feed
kiare feed blein
jeih bleeaney as kiare feed
keead blein
un vlein jeig as daeed
daa vlein jeig as daeed
tree bleeaney jeig as daeed
kiare bleeaney jeig as daeed


T'ee queig bleeaney jeig as daeed d'eash.
T'ee queig bleeaney as tree feed d'eash.
T'ee queig bleeaney jeig as tree feed d'eash.
T'ee queig bleeaney as kiare feed d'eash.
T'ee queig bleeaney jeig as kiare feed d'eash.
T'ee queig bleeaney as keead d'eash.

V'eh tree bleeaney as feed nurree
Cha nel ee agh shiaght bleeaney as feed nish
Hug eh hoght punt as daeed er e hon.
Chionnee mee eh son nuy punt jeig as feed
By vie lhiat cur kiare punt as tree feed er e hon ?

goll reeish
my t'ee
nee ?
cho shenn as
smooinee mish
s'foddey neayr's
jeeaghyn
gollrish shen


KIRREE Honnick mee Fenella ec yn daunse riyr.
EALISH Fenella' Shenn red goll reeish ec daunse'
KIRREE Cha nel ee cho shenn as shen, vel?
EALISH Ta, dy-Jarroo!
T'ee queig bleeaney as daeed my t’ee blein
KIRREE Queig bleeaney as daeed!
Smooinee mee nagh row ee agh jeih as feed.
EALISH S'foddey neayr’s honnick ee jeih as feed
KIRREE Nee? Cha row ee jeeaghyn gollrish shen riyr.
a year
age

of age, old
fifty years
sixty years
seventy years
eighty years
ninety years
one hundred years
fifty-one years
fifty-two years
fifty-three years
fifty-four years, etc


She is 55 years of age.
She is 65 years of age.
She is 75 years of age.
She is 85 years of age.
She is 95 years of age.
She is 105 years of age.

He was twenty-three last year.
She is only twenty-seven now.
He paid £48 for it.
I bought it for £39.
Would you like to give £64 for it ?

like her
if she is
is it ?
as old as
I thought
it's long since
looking
like that


I saw Fenella at the dance last night.
Fenella! An old thing like her at a dance!
She's not that old, is she ?
Yes, indeed!
She's 45 if she's a year!
45!
I thought she was only 30.
It s a long time since she saw 30.
Is it ? She didn't look like that last night.

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