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Itx hâf kôldôn

Tæêrôn -> ¿Wæêrôn?

Li jewidẽjûm - It's down to the weather

Li tæêrôn tis dæjûm sniwê - Das liegt daran, dass es an diesem Tag schneite (Lie thereon this day.DAT snow.SUB)

Wâtûm têlôn - To count on something to happen

We têl tæêmid sniwê - Wir rechnen damit, dass es schneite

Tât fôlkmanrâdên is odê txũrê tâm hẽrêmanrâdên to mênûm tâs fjõqs onjẽn tâm nût âtxrunê wâpên is - The civil service is an alternative (other choice) to the military service for people (men) whose principles are against the use of a lethal weapon

Mutæ - mündig

Fõmê mid sîkstînê jẽsûm mæ man miqtxewũlûm farôn - Erst mit sechzehn darf man Moped fahren

Mid sîkstînê jẽsûm xâl man mânbewisôn ôdê fõlâtûncôn hâbôn - Mit sechzen muss man einen Personalausweis oder Pass haben

Mid fjoêtînê jẽsûm is man halænesmutæ - Mit fünfzehn ist man religionsmündig

Mid ẽqtînê jẽsûm mæ man êl crînôn - Mit achtzehn darf man alles trinken

Sîkstînẽrê mæ ẽqtînẽjôn hâmôn - Eine 16-Jährige darf mit einem 18-Jährige Sex haben

Wîlê he si in Lûndênûm - he could be in London (he is possibly in London, [It] wants he be in London)

Tẽf he si in Lûndênûm - he should/must be in London (he is probably in London, [It] needs he be in London)

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West Germanic Computer Glossary http://www.u.arizona.edu/~ctb/wordhord.html

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alias - evênamê anchor - ônkõ anonymous - unkutlitx application - jefrêmînc archive - stæêhõd arrow key - flankæ asynchronous communication - unstûncumêndmâdêlkwidê automatic - sêlfrêmêndê

B

backbone - rucban bandwidth - bêndbradnes battery - spẽkêhus beep - swœcropê bells and whistles - bêlê ônd wîstêls beta release - unfûlfremedbrutnûnc binary - txwirimlitx bit - lutêlbitê bookmark - âstêl boot, boot up - inspînjewũfôstũriôn broadcast - tobrâdôn browser - ûmpxẽwẽrê buffer - lânêsto bug - wũm, bûdê bus - înodpât button - knâp byte - bitê

C

cable - wiê, rap cache - lânêhõd camera - onlitxnesnimênd cancel - onwoêxuvôn card - xid cathode-ray tube - nidêstiêndêximêpipê chip - txîp circuit - ûmpfaru, ûmpgônc click - musgacratxiôn

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Modal Verbs

kûnôn

kûnêndê, kut

Hit kân - It can

Hit kûnê - It could (conditional)

Hit kutê - It could (past tense)

xulôn

xulêndê, xulênê

Hit xâl - It must

Hit xulê - It should

Hit xôldê - It had to

wîlôn

wîlêndê, wîlênê

Hit wîlê - It wants

Hit wôldê - It would like

Hit wôld - It wanted

magôn

majêndê, majênê

Hit mæ - It may (is allowed to)

Hit mâjê - It likes

Hit mẽqtê - It might (past tense)

dûrôn

dûrêndê, dûrênê

Hit dẽ - It dares

Hit dûrê - It had better

Hit dõstê - It dared

Other common verbs

wezôn

wezêndê, wezênê

Hit is - It is

Hit si - It be

Hit wâs - It was

hâbôn

hâbêndê, hâft

Hit hâf - It has

Hit hâbê - It have

Hit hâftê - It had

dôn

dôndê, don

Hit de - It does

Hit do - It do

Hit dudê - It did

gôn

gôndê, gan

Hit jæ - It goes

Hit ga - It go

Hit jodê - It went

farôn

farêndê, farên

Hit fæê - It travels

Hit farê - It travel

Hit fõ - It travelled

matxiôn

matxiêndê, makod

Hit makê - It makes

Hit matxi - It make

Hit maktê - It made

luviôn

luviêndê, luvod

Hit luvê - It loves

Hit luvi - It love

Hit luvdê - It loved

hatiôn

hatiêndê, hatod

Hit hatê - It hates

Hit hati - It hate

Hit hâtê - It hated

hatôn

hatêndê, hatên

Hit hât - It is called

Hit hatê - It be called

Hit het - It was called

namiôn

namiêndê, namod

Hit namê - It names

Hit nami - It name

Hit namdê - It named

kwêlôn

kwêlêndê, kwâld

Hit kwêl - It kills

Hit kwêlê - It kill

Hit kwâldê - It killed

etôn

etêndê, etên

Hit ît - It eats

Hit etê - It eat

Hit ât - It ate

crînôn

crînêndê, crûnên

Hit crîn - It drinks

Hit crînê - It drink

Hit crân - It drank

slâpôn

slâpêndê, slâpên

Hit slâp - It sleeps

Hit slâpê - It sleep

Hit slep - It slept

stxõvôn

stxõvêndê, stõvên

Hit stiẽf - It dies

Hit stxõvê - It die

Hit stẽf - It died

nimôn

nimêndê, numên

Hit nim - It takes

Hit nimê - It take

Hit nom - It took

wũtôn

wũtêndê, wõdên

Hit wiẽt - It becomes, It will

Hit wũtê - It become, It would (conditional)

Hit wẽt - It became, It would (past tense)

Purpose of subjunctive in tense

Tât ẽ wâs lôn - The river was long/The river was long (but not anymore) Tât ẽ si lôn - The river be long/The river was long (and still is or still might be)

He hâftê grene ẽjônôn - He had green eyes/He had green eyes (but they changed colour) He hâbê grene ẽjônôn - He had green eyes/He had green eyes (when I saw him)

Weak, Regular verbs

-ôn

-êndê, -ên

Hit --

Hit -ê/-jê

Hit -dê/-tê

-iôn

-iêndê, -od

Hit -ê/-jê

Hit -i

Hit -dê/-tê

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godnê, god, gocrê - masculine, neuter and feminine adjective endings

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Months of the year

January - âftẽrêjũlê

February - sôlmônt

March - retmônt

April - ẽstêmônt

May - txrimîlkêmônt

June - midsumêmônt

July - âftẽrêludê

August - wũdmônt

September - hæêfstmônt

October - wîntêfûlet

November - blodmônt

December - jũlmônt

month - mônt

year - jẽ

last year - utmâst jẽ

monthly - môntlitx

yearly - jẽlitx

Seasons

winter - wîntê

spring - lêntên

summer - sumõ

autumn - hæêfst

Directions

north - nõt

south - sut

east - ẽst

west - wêst

right - riqt

left - ?

straight - ?

Colours

orange - jũluqrẽd

pink - rozê

purple - pũpûl

blue - blâwên

yellow - jũlu

red - rẽd

black - swẽt

brown - brun

grey - græ

white - wit

green - grenê

silver - sjôlfõ

gold - gôld

beige - blâtx

light - lũqt

dark - cõk

Time

What time is it? - ¿Hu latê is?

It's one o'clock - Is an timê

It's half past three - Is hêlf fjoê

It's quarter to six - Is fjõdê fõ sîks

It's three (minutes) past seven - Is txri (stevênz) ovê sjovôn

At half past nine - Ât hêlf tîn