226 SELF-INSTRUCTION
IN
IRISH.
that
were
in debt,
and he said
to the first
person,
"
How
much do you owe my lord?"
(literally, how much has my
lord on you).
And the man
replied, "A
hundred
barrels
of oil."
He said,
"
Take thy
pen
and write fifty barrels."
And he said to
the second man,
"
And you, how much do
ijou
owe?
Who says, "A hundred measures of
wheat."
"
Make (of) it four
score," says he. The Lord praises this
steward
:
now will
you
act
towards me
as
he acted towards
those who
owed the debt? 21. Thanks for your Scripture
(information),
yet I will not
act
according
to
your request.
22.
I pay then all that
is on
myself and on
my friends (all
that I and
my friends
owe).
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1
. Is this
cloth? (literally,
whether cloth it, this
?
—
the
verb
\X
being
omitted before
the pronoun e,
as
is usual in
short
assertive or
interrogative sentences). 2.
Yes. 3.
How
much have you on it
—
i.e.,
what price have you set on
it ?
what
is its price
?
how is it sold ? 4.
Fourteen
shillings
per
yard.
5. It
is dear
;
it is not
worth that. 6. Indeed it
is worth that,
and it is even
cheap at
that
price. 7. Have
you
(cloth of) satin or (of) silk? 8. I have—literally, (it)
is ; to me being
understood.
9.
How
much do
you sell
it
at?
10.
Two
pounds for
the yard (per
yard), 11.
It
is
cheap for
that.
12. Do
you
wish to
buy
it? 13.
I do;
cut
of it two yards
and
a
half. 14.
Have you other wares?
15.
I
have,
in
that
side
yonder
of the shop.
16. I intend
to procure
(make
a
purchase of) tea and
sugar ;
for how
much do
you sell the sugar. 17. There are five shiUings
the
pound
for
tea, and
six
pence the pound for sugar.
18.
That is dear ; I
shall not give that much (price) for the tea
;
the
sugar
is
sufiiciently cheap
;
take then four
shillings and
six pence for the tea. 12.
Well,
whereas it
is
customary
with you to come to me,
have it (let it
be
to
you) for
that
;