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* Hello; Hi! / Good bye - '''yata''' | * Hello; Hi! / Good bye - '''yata''' | ||
* Good morning - ''' | * Good morning - '''ya yompu tama''' | ||
* Good day - '''yoma tama''' | * Good day - '''ya yoma tama''' | ||
* Good evening / Good night - '''yohua tama''' | * Good evening / Good night - '''ya yohua tama''' | ||
* How are you? - '''to tayo ka''' (''lit: Your way?'') | * How are you? - '''to tayo ka''' (''lit: Your way?'') | ||
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:'''ta tama ka''' (''lit: You good?'') | :'''ta tama ka''' (''lit: You good?'') | ||
* See you soon - ''' | * See you soon - '''nanku anyatlihi''' (''lit: small future we see each other'') | ||
* What's your name? - '''ke ata tayo ka''' | * What's your name? - '''ke ata tayo ka''' | ||
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* Where are you from? - '''te mo ta (a) ka''' | * Where are you from? - '''te mo ta (a) ka''' | ||
* Pleased to meet you - '''ke | * Pleased to meet you - '''ke peso te ta tama''' | ||
* Cheers/Good health - '''kampa''' | * Cheers/Good health/Salute - '''kampa''' | ||
==Etiquette== | ==Etiquette== |
Revision as of 14:32, 4 May 2011
Greetings & Farewells
- Welcome - uatsa
- Hello; Hi! / Good bye - yata
- Good morning - ya yompu tama
- Good day - ya yoma tama
- Good evening / Good night - ya yohua tama
- How are you? - to tayo ka (lit: Your way?)
- to sana tayo ka (lit: How your health?)
- ta tama ka (lit: You good?)
- See you soon - nanku anyatlihi (lit: small future we see each other)
- What's your name? - ke ata tayo ka
- Where are you from? - te mo ta (a) ka
- Pleased to meet you - ke peso te ta tama
- Cheers/Good health/Salute - kampa
Etiquette
- Please - tsepa
- Thank you (very much) - nyasa(mha)
- Excuse me - tliha
- I'm sorry, but... - na tliha ehe...
- That's a shame - uatla malaha
- May I... ? - na ke ... myonta ka
Language difficulties
- I (don't) understand / I (don't) know - na unya(k)
- Please say that again / repeat that - tsepa ta'etla kalamye
- Please speak more slowly - tsepa ma tlena kala
- Please write it down - tsepa ta'etla moya
- How do you say ...? - to ... etla kala ka
- Do you speak ...? - ta ke ... kala ka
- Do you understand? - ta unya ka
Times & Dates
- What time is it? - ama ka (lit: time INT) / tsima ka (lit: hour INT)
- It's one o'clock. - ke tsima na'o a
- It's a quarter past two. - ke tsima ima'o te ta'o a
- It's eight pm. - ke tsima taue'o a
- It's half-past 5. - ke tsima ita'o te ya'o a
- What day is it? - iyoma a ka
- nayoma - Thursday
- tayoma - Friday
- hayoma - Saturday
- mayoma - Sunday
- yomaya - Monday
- tsayoma - Tuesday
- kayoma - Wednesday
- yesterday - yomaye
- today - iyoma
- tomorrow - yomatli
- last - -ye / next - -tli
- night - yohua
- week - sema
- month - sayo
- year - anyo
- morning - yompu
- afternoon - nyome
- evening - yomasu
- What date is it today? - ke sayoma ka / itla sayoma ka
- It's October 18th. - yoma ha'o te sayo ueta'o a
Random
- yomaya yano ka'e tokyo yalatli
- Monday John toward Tokyo go.FUT
- John is going to Tokyo on Monday.
- na (ke) mosa yoha
- 1S (TOP.PART)book have
- I have a book.
- ya sumita ta kaua ueha ka
- VOC.PART Smith 2S coffee want INT.PART
- Hey, Mr. Smith, would you like some coffee?
- na tsa'e hati empaye
- 1S through park run.PAST
- I ran through the park.