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"text": "Ní ar formut frib-si as·biur-sa inso.",
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"english": "I am not like them.",
"text": "Níta chumme-se friusom.",
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"text": "Ní ar formut frib-si as·biur-sa inso.",
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"text": "Níta chumme-se friusom.",
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"text": "Cía thés hí loc bes ardu, ní ardu de; ní samlid són dúnni, air ⟨im⟩mi ardu-ni de tri dul isna lucu arda.",
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