There are several ways of saying much the
same thing when it comes to asking questions about weight and size in general.
You can juggle the suggested questions and come up with even more combinations.
Still on the subject of using numbers; you can substitute your own measurements
into the following answers:
mens
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amount, quantity can also be used
for size
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Pe
mens o whei?
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Which size are you?
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Which size are you?
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And, getting more personal:
poos
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heavy, weight
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pòster
|
weight
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What weight are you?
|
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Pana
boos üjy ennes?
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What weight is in you?
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Pana
bòster üjyenna whei?
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What weight is in you?
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Pegebmys
poos osta?
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How heavy are you?
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Here are the units you might use:
kilogram
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kilogram
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menpòs
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stone
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pound
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A few possible answers:
Pajer
ügens kilogram o vy.
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I’m 80 kg.
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Poos
vy ew cans pens ha dowgens.
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My weight is 140 lb.
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Ma
üdnek menpòs ha hanter ennam.
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There is 11 1/ 2 st. in me.
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Other sizes you might want to know:
Pegebmys
skijyow ero whei o tegy?
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What size shoes do you wear?
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Pana
vroasder ew agas treys?
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How big are your feet?
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O
skijyow ew mens eth.
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My shoes are size 8.
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[1] This contains the contracted components
<pe> which and <mens> size, together with lenited <kem> found in words with “together”
implied in their meaning. pe-kem-mens became pegebmys
[2] the <a> at the end of <pana> causes the <p> of <poos> to soften (lenition) to <b>, hence <boos>. Similarly <broasder> becomes <vroasder>.
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