1141 | FLA | +< the other day <I have a friend> [//] tengoS unaS amigaS queS tieneS treintaS yS sieteS añosS +... |
thethe.DET.DEF otherother.ADJ dayday.N.SG II.PRON.SUB.1S havehave.V.1S.PRES aa.DET.INDEF friendfriend.N.SG tengohave.V.1S.PRES unaa.DET.INDEF.F.SG amigafriend.N.F.SG quethat.PRON.REL tienehave.V.3S.PRES treintathirty.NUM yand.CONJ sieteseven.NUM añosyear.N.M.PL . | ||
the other day, I have a friend, I have a friend who's thirty-seven years old. | ||
1146 | FLA | cuando ya te(ne)mos cuarenta y dos cuarenta y tres ya [=! laugh] treinta y siete es joven &=laugh . |
cuandowhen.CONJ yaalready.ADV tenemoshave.V.1P.PRES cuarentaforty.NUM yand.CONJ dostwo.NUM cuarentaforty.NUM yand.CONJ tresthree.NUM yaalready.ADV treintathirty.NUM yand.CONJ sieteseven.NUM esbe.V.3S.PRES jovenyoung.ADJ.M.SG.[or].young.N.M . | ||
when we turn forty-two, forty-three, then thirty-seven means young. |
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