“Ẹlẹ́ẹ́fà kì í lọ ẹẹ́fàa rẹ̀ ká sọ pé o di ìjẹfà tí a ti jẹun.”
English
When a person proclaims the loss of six articles, one does not respond by saying one has not eaten in six days.
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