“Ya.”
“Don,” I burst forth at this stage, “he does not understand a word you are saying.”
“On the contrary, he evidently understands perfectly, how else could he answer so intelligently; of course he does not pronounce yes accurately, but is entirely comprehensible.”
“Well, then, ask him about the canoe he is building; how many it will hold, what those strings are for, and where he caught that large trout yonder?”
“You build ze canoe?”
“Ya.”
“How many it hold?”
“Ya.”
“It hold one?”
“Ya.”