Brothers
Me: What people are in your family? Robin: Older brother, older brother... Me: How many brothers do you have? Robin: Two. No... four. Me: What are their names? Robin: ( pause) No names. Me: No names or no English names? Robin: No English. Me: Ok, what are their Korean names? Older brothers first. He tells me a name, and I put up one finger. Then he says some more Korean, so I put up a second finger. He pushes it back to my palm. Me: Who else? Robin rattles off some more syllables, and I put up a second finger again. Me: And who else? More Korean. But again, when I try to put up a third finger, he pushes it down. Me: So...hmm. Two older brothers? Robin: Yes. Me: And you have younger brothers. Who are they? Robin: Younger brother, baby brother... Me: How many younger brothers? Robin: Two. Me: So, two older brothers and two younger brothers? How many brothers all together? Robin: Many. Me: How many? Robin: I have seven brothers. Me: ...seven ...? Robin: (l