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It is a situation when a worker noticed that one of his colleagues is working
all day and all night without taking a rest. He then said the following:

> それじゃ **いくつ** からだが **あってもたりゃ** しねえ。

Then his hard-working colleague said this:

> なあにおれのからだは人一倍がんじょうだから...

Questions:

  1. Is the sentence 「それじゃ...」 a question or just an opinion or something else? could it always be a question if it contains the word 「いくつ」?
  2. What does the word 「あってもたりゃ」 mean?
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Questions about the words 「いくつ」and 「あってもたりゃ」
>   1. Is the sentence それじゃ... a question or just an opinion or something
> else? could it always be a question if it contains the word いくつ?
>

It is a statement, not a question.

Whether or not 「いくつ」 makes the sentence a question depends on the other words
used (and the sentence structure).

「いくつからだがあっても」 here means " ** _no matter how many bodies you've got_** "

>   2. What does the word 「あってもたりゃ」mean?
>

「あってもたりゃしねえ」(Kanto tough guy speech)

=「あっても[足]{た}りはしない」(Dictionary form of above)

=「あっても足りない」(Simplified)

= "will never be enough" 「足りる」 means "to be satisfactory in quantity"

The first sentence means:

**_"That way (← "If you work like that"), no matter how many bodies you've
got, it won't be enough!"_**
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