Exactly as in the other chants the numbers are set in question and answer, the answer being in cumulative form:-- Quien me dira que no es una?
With pistol pointing at Poe, at the same time asking in Spanish: "Quien es?
By this time the "Kid" had backed to a streak of moonlight coming through the south window, asking: "Quien Es?
If you are questioned all you have to say is 'quien sabe' and stick to it, and they'll know you are a peon.
Elim can fling the quien sabes and the mananas with the best of them, and evidently takes in Spanish through the pores; he is very little or not at all with the Mexican servants.
Here and there an Indian appeared from quien sabe where.
One person went to fetch the caretaker, who lived quien sabe where, and some one went to fetch him and so on, an endless chain.
As for Horigutchi himself, amiable and intelligent and, of course, unusually intimate with the French language, it is said he knows how the Emperor of Korea died, pues quien sabe?
Finally, a very old woman and a very young boy appeared with the key to the door of that especial paradise, and we went in, with a loud sound of locking after us, and a "Pues quien sabe?
The Mexican episode may be drawing to a close, but quien sabe?
She seemed more disturbed by the loss of the lottery ticket than the other articles, and kept saying, "Quien sabe, Senora?
There were some Syrians on board suspected of quien sabe what disease, and we were not allowed to go ashore to visit the old town.
I contented myself, after the lapse of time mentioned, with repeating, 'Quien sabe, when will you fetch horses for me?
I presumed I was going too quickly for him, and accordingly I modified my proposal this wise: 'Quien sabe, when will you fetch horses for me?
On my asking him why he had not followed his father's example and become a Christian too, after a long pause he answered rather vaguely, "Quien sabe.
Quien calla, piedras apaña, said of one who picks up remarks, intending to use them later.
The blacksmith was already there and when questioned about Estevan merely answered, "Quien sabe," and then went on about his work.
If a stupid cholo or Indian does not know what answer to give he invariably says "quien sabe" and lets it go at that.
Quien sabe" (who knows), he whiningly replied in the singsong tones used by all cholos in their conversation with their superiors.
In response to Webster's eager inquiries for the latest news from the front, the placid fellow shrugged and murmured: "Quien sabe?
Ellos toman conocimiento a nombre de sus clientes de los autos del procedimiento, que comunican, no a los litigantes, sino al abogado, el cual es en realidad quien dirige el proceso.
Suddenly a voice at a slight distance before me roared out, "Quien vive?
They all know, theoretically, but as to practice, that 'quien sabe.
Quien sabe just this minute, but it will be something, depend upon it.
Quien vive,' roared a voice about an hour from this time, for I had at last groped my way to Villafranca.
Quien tiene arte, va por toda parte=--Who has 20 a trade may go anywhere.
Dios me dé contienda con quien me entienda=--God grant me to argue with such as understand me.
Quien larga vida vive mucho mal vide=--To live long is to see much evil.
A quien tiene buena muger, ningun mal le puede venir, que no sea de sufrir=--To him who has a good wife no evil can come which he cannot bear.
Buen siglo hayaquien dijó bolta=--Blessings on him that said, Right about face!
Necio esquien piensa que otros no piensan=--He is a fool who thinks that others don't think.
Bien sabe la vulpeja con quien trebeja=--The fox knows well with whom he plays tricks.
Quien no va á carava, no sabe nada=--He who does not mix with the crowd knows nothing.
Granadino declares with calm dignity, that "Quien no ha visto a Granada No ha visto nada.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "quien" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
