While English gets by with just “we”, Kwaio has “we two”, “we few” and “we many”.
英语中用“我们”一词走遍天下,瓜依沃语就得分“我们两个”,“我们几个”和“我们很多人”。
When it was time for me to sail back to Cornwall, you came out and stood on a narrow rock, and we watched each other so far that only we two knew what was rock or boat or human.
当我不得不启程回康沃尔德时,你走了出来,站在一块窄窄的岩石上,我们远远地望着对方,远到只有我们才知道哪里是岩石哪里是船哪里是人。
If I should meet you. After long years. How should I greet you? With silence and tears. -when we two parted by George Gorden Byron.
假使我又见你,隔了悠长的岁月,我该如何致意?以沉默,以眼泪。—拜伦《当我俩分别》。
But none ever can happen now, can it, Newland, as long as we two are together?
可只要我们俩在一起,任何可怕的事也不会有了,对吗,纽兰?
We two have not strength enough in our hands to tie a chicken fast. We can only eat.
我们两个手无缚鸡之力,只好吃饭。
We two have not strength enough in our hands to tie a chicken fast. We can only eat.
我们两个手无缚鸡之力,只好吃饭。
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