He was polite and friendly and when I heard him he didn't seem to slur his words much, but you knew that he got up on the bottle and only let go of it when he fell asleep at night.
Gizalege onekoa zen, atsegina, eta haren hitzak entzun nituenean ez zen trabatuz mintzatzen, baina ohartzen zinen jeiki orduko edaten hasia zela eta gauean loak hartu arte ez zela geratuko.