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Sentence #4869714

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 al_ex_an_der al_ex_an_der January 29, 2016 January 29, 2016 at 9:33:20 PM UTC link Permalink

If you've been living for such a long time I guess you are a tree. Am I right? ;-)

Hybrid Hybrid January 29, 2016 January 29, 2016 at 9:37:10 PM UTC link Permalink

Or maybe you are a coral. Corals can live for more than a thousand years. :) But actually, this is just an old man in a fairy tale.

The normal laws of physics don't apply inside fairy tales!

al_ex_an_der al_ex_an_der January 29, 2016 January 29, 2016 at 9:40:01 PM UTC link Permalink

Thank you for your thorough explanation, Hybrid.

al_ex_an_der al_ex_an_der January 29, 2016, edited January 29, 2016 January 29, 2016 at 9:51:41 PM UTC, edited January 29, 2016 at 9:53:05 PM UTC link Permalink

It is a consoling idea, to think that TATOEBA is a kind of fairy tale, too.
In its database many of your thoughts will live on, maybe for ever. :)

Hybrid Hybrid January 29, 2016 January 29, 2016 at 9:52:50 PM UTC link Permalink

Yes, it's kind of a fairy tale. Inside this fairy tale, Esperanto is one of the world's most popular languages.

al_ex_an_der al_ex_an_der January 29, 2016, edited January 29, 2016 January 29, 2016 at 9:54:57 PM UTC, edited January 29, 2016 at 9:55:41 PM UTC link Permalink

And the best of all: En tiu fabelo estas feo kun la nomo Hibrido. :)

al_ex_an_der al_ex_an_der January 29, 2016 January 29, 2016 at 9:58:16 PM UTC link Permalink

By the way, is there a word for a masculine fairy in English?

Hybrid Hybrid January 29, 2016 January 29, 2016 at 10:32:17 PM UTC link Permalink

I think it's just fairy, or fay, or spirit.

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I have lived here for three hundred years, and all that time I have not seen a single human being but yourself.

added by Hybrid, January 29, 2016
➜ #4869769Mi vivas ĉi tie jam dum tricent jaroj, kaj en tiu tuta tempo mi vidis eĉ ne unu homon krom vi.

linked by al_ex_an_der, January 29, 2016
➜ #4869776Ich lebe hier schon seid dreihundert Jahren, und in dieser gesamten Zeit habe ich keinen einzigen Menschen gesehen außer dir.

linked by al_ex_an_der, January 29, 2016
➜ #4869997Jeg har levet her i tre hundrede år, og i al den tid har jeg ikke set et eneste menneske bortset fra dig.

linked by danepo, January 29, 2016
➜ #4870955Üç yüz yıldır burada yaşıyorum ve bütün bu zaman kendinden başka tek bir insan görmedim.

linked by duran, January 30, 2016