Is she asking... what 'how much' means, or how much of... probably the latter. He points at a clock- but it lacks a second hand, it's probably not immediately obvious that it's a timekeeping device. And... in a world without sleep, would they even have a concept of time measured in intervals longer than, say, a minutes-equivalent? Vexing.
"How much does she know numbers? I taught her up through three... but if she knows more, we could mention that your kids have some number of years, and that we have a larger number of years, and see if she picks up on the pattern."
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Date: 2014-11-11 04:10 am (UTC)"How much does she know numbers? I taught her up through three... but if she knows more, we could mention that your kids have some number of years, and that we have a larger number of years, and see if she picks up on the pattern."