“Acha, what does panja mean?” – asks my daughter of three
Panja means 5, I say, slightly confused about what might be the context
She is silent for a moment and then asks “what does basinda mean?”
Now am lost. Hmm… I don’t know. Where did you hear that?
“Teacher told us.”
Basinda?
“Yeah..”
What did she say? Am thinking this must be a name in some story.
“She was singing. Panja-basinda-gujara-thamaratha”
Well, that basinda… *weighing my option between making up something or explaining the concept of states to her*
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