Our speech had indeed become vigorous and so obscene that the ladies sometimes blushed, but they never complained because it is generally agreed that a soldier is as brave as he is wild and cruder than there is any need to be, so much so that his bravery can be measured by the crudeness of his language.
kexatu, ordea, ez ziren behin ere kexatzen, gauza guziz jakina baita soldadua kementsua den bezain hizkuntzaz lasaia izaten dela, eta ozarra ere bai bastante, eta zenbat eta ozarragoa, hainbat eta kementsuagoa izaten dela.