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| ==Greetings & Farewells==
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| * Welcome - '''ahala'''
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| * Hello / Hi! - '''ya'ate''' (''formal'') / '''hala''' (''informal'')
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| * Good morning - '''supu tama'''
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| * Good day - '''yoma tama'''
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| * Good evening / Good night - '''yohua tama'''
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| * How are you? - '''to tayo ka''' (''lit: Your way?'') / '''to sana tayo ka''' (''lit: How your health?'')
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| * Good bye - '''kyoha'''
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| * See you soon - '''amahi nanku anyatli''' (''lit: small time we will see each other'')
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| * What's your name? - '''ke ata tayo ka'''
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| * Where are you from? - '''te mo ta (a) ka'''
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| * Pleased to meet you - '''ke tlaki te ta tama'''
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| * Cheers/Good health - '''kampa'''
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| ==Etiquette==
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| * Please - '''tsepa'''
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| * Thank you (very much) - '''nyasa(mha)'''
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| * Excuse me - '''tliha'''
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| * I'm sorry, but... - '''na tliha ehe...'''
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| * That's a shame - '''uatla malaha'''
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| * May I... ? - '''na ke ... pala ka'''
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| ==Language difficulties==
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| * I (don't) understand / I (don't) know - '''na unya(k)'''
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| * Please say that again / repeat that - '''tsepa ta'etla kalamye'''
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| * Please speak more slowly - '''tsepa ma tlena kala'''
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| * Please write it down - '''tsepa ta'etla moya'''
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| * How do you say ...? - '''to ... etla kala ka'''
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| * Do you speak ...? - '''ta ke ... kala ka'''
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| * Do you understand? - '''ta unya ka'''
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| ==Times & Dates==
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| * What time is it? - '''ama ka''' (''lit: time INT'') / '''tsima ka''' (''lit: hour INT'')
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| * It's one o'clock. - '''ke tsima na'o a'''
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| * It's a quarter past two. - '''ke tsima ima'o te ta'o a'''
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| * It's eight pm. - '''ke tsima taue'o a'''
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| * It's half-past 5. - '''ke tsima ita'o te ya'o a'''
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| * What day is it? - '''yoma ka'''
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| :*'''nayoma''' - Thursday
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| :*'''tayoma''' - Friday
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| :*'''hayoma''' - Saturday
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| :*'''mayoma''' - Sunday
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| :*'''yomaya''' - Monday
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| :*'''tsayoma''' - Tuesday
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| :*'''kayoma''' - Wednesday
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| * yesterday - '''yomaye'''
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| * today - '''iyoma'''
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| * tomorrow - '''yomatli'''
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