Basic Phrases in Diès: Difference between revisions
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Sen varað mað-þi a-meìdir-- Nice to meet you. | Sen varað mað-þi a-meìdir-- Nice to meet you. | ||
Hversveigni geins eð-þi -- How are you? | |||
Hvar vara bigùilssiòmrat? -- Where is the bathroom? Where is the toilet? | Hvar vara bigùilssiòmrat? -- Where is the bathroom? Where is the toilet? |
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Basics
Èi tuig nið -- I do not understand.
Hverni red þu foùglums dins aùr [Diès] -- How do you say this in [Diès]?
an Red-þu ...? -- Do you speak ...? ("an" can be ommited but is usually used to emphazise that the following verb is, indeed said as a question)
Hvad nifs þu? -- What is your name?
Sen varað mað-þi a-meìdir-- Nice to meet you.
Hversveigni geins eð-þi -- How are you?
Hvar vara bigùilssiòmrat? -- Where is the bathroom? Where is the toilet?
Hello & Goodbye
Blessað-þi -- Hello (informal, "hi", "hey")
Kauma do shraùðinn þi a-traùfir -- Hello (May your road rise to meet you)
Maùðinn mhað -- Good morning.
Laùðinn mað -- Good afternoon. / Good evening.
oìduinn mhað -- Good night.
faùldinn astèi -- Welcome.
slàun eð-þi -- Goodbye. / So long. / See you later.
Thank you
taùp'eð-þi -- Thank you.
mourtaùp'eð-þi -- Thank you very much!
Sen do bhoùðinn -- You're welcome.
Sorry
giùsum-mi -- Excuse me. / I'm sorry. / I apologize.
èi var moùrbroùnig -- I am very sorry.
Yes and no
Diès rarely uses the words "yes" (sià) and "no"(hàneil) as eg. English, but usually answers with a negative or positive form of the verb in the asked question. As the verbs will have to be conjugated according to the question form, a separate answer form is used.
Set phrases do exist with words for "yes" and "no", though
Sià, frenði-mo -- Yes, my friend;
Hàneil, frenði-mo -- No, my friend;
In order to turn a verb into its answer form the following rules apply;
Èi; "verb stem-èi" (nið)
Q: Toùl þu cùnâr? -- Do you like dogs?
A: Coùnâr toùl-ei. -- I like dogs.