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"It lay there for two whole days; then two wild geese or, rather said, gannets came to him; it was not that long ago that they hatched from the egg, and that is why they were so overconfident." in Dutch

Zo lag het twee hele dagen; toen kwamen er twee wilde ganzen of, liever gezegd, genten naar hem toe; het was nog niet lang geleden, dat zij uit het ei gekropen waren, en daarom waren zij zo overmoedig.

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The Dutch translation for “It lay there for two whole days; then two wild geese or, rather said, gannets came to him; it was not that long ago that they hatched from the egg, and that is why they were so overconfident.” is Zo lag het twee hele dagen; toen kwamen er twee wilde ganzen of, liever gezegd, genten naar hem toe; het was nog niet lang geleden, dat zij uit het ei gekropen waren, en daarom waren zij zo overmoedig.. The Dutch, Zo lag het twee hele dagen; toen kwamen er twee wilde ganzen of, liever gezegd, genten naar hem toe; het was nog niet lang geleden, dat zij uit het ei gekropen waren, en daarom waren zij zo overmoedig., can be broken down into 38 parts:"so" (zo), "lay (singular)" (lag), "it" (het), "two (2)" (twee), "whole" (hele), "days" (dagen), "then; when" (toen), "came" (kwamen), "there" (er), "two (2)" (twee), "wild" (wilde), "geese" (ganzen), "or" (of), "rather" (liever), "said" (gezegd), "gannets" (genten), "to; for" (naar), "him" (hem), "towards" (toe), "it" (het), "was" (was), "still" (nog), "not" (niet), "long" (lang), "ago" (geleden), "that" (dat), "they" (zij), "out" (uit), "the (neutral)" (het), "egg" (ei), "hatched" (gekropen), "were" (waren), "and" (en), "that’s why" (daarom), "were" (waren), "they" (zij), "so" (zo) and "overconfident" (overmoedig).

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