Kala phrases

greetings & farewells

• Welcome - uatsa

• Hello; Hi! / Good bye - yata

• 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

• Cheers/Good health/Salute - kampa

etiquette

• Please - tsepa

• Thank you (very much) - nyasa(mha)

• That's a shame - uatla malaha

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 - yomua
• afternoon; evening - puama

• What date is it today?

ke sayoma ka / itla sayoma ka

• It's October 18^th.

yoma ha'o te sayo ueta'o a

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