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as the heavens are from the earth.

. What is the reason of that?

. Oh, he has been much longer at it, and knows a great deal more. Then he is very studious; he has been committing to memory steadily ever since he began, without stopping; the book is never out of his hand. I should have trouble enough to come up to him.


 * abka
 * heaven


 * na
 * earth


 * i
 * genitive affix


 * gese
 * equal


 * sandalabuhabi
 * Ind. Past. (10) of sandalabumbi to be separated.


 * turgun
 * reason


 * ai
 * what?


 * seci
 * Cond. (6) of sembi to say, call


 * ini
 * his


 * tacihangge
 * verbal noun (21) of tacimbi to learn


 * šumin
 * deep


 * bahanahangge
 * Verbal Noun (21) of bahanambi to comprehend


 * labdu
 * much


 * bithe
 * book


 * de
 * in, for


 * amuran
 * having a passion for


 * tetele
 * till now


 * hono
 * also


 * angga
 * mouth


 * ci
 * from


 * hokoburakū
 * Fut. (5) of hokobumbi to leave off, with akū not


 * hūlambi
 * to read, study


 * gala
 * hand


 * ci
 * from


 * aljaburakū
 * Fut. of aljabumbi to separate, with akū not


 * tuwambi
 * to see, to look


 * imbe
 * him


 * amcaki
 * Subj. (7) of amcambi to reach


 * seci
 * Cond. of sembi to say


 * yala
 * certainly


 * mangga
 * difficult