Kala phrases

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 18^th. - 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?

• iyoma mali nahe onyomo ka

DEM.day Mary inside school INT.PART

Is Mary in school today?

• na sumita yano a

1S Smith John COP

I am John Smith.

• ya sumita ote ta tsumpaye ka

VOC.PART Smith which 2S buy.PAST INT.PART

Mr. Smith, what did you buy?

• yata kohua

greetings person.all

Hello everyone.

• sumita te nuyoku ka

Smith from New York INT.PART

IS Mrs. Smith from New York?

• yomaye ta'eha anya ka

day.PAST 2S.ACC.3S see INT.PART

Did you see him yesterday?

• yomaye kam hina (a)

day.PAST 3PL here (COP)

They were here yesterday.

• na talayehi

1S arrive.PAST.DIM

I just arrived.

• mali (ke) na unya

Mary (TOP.PART) 1S know

Mary knows me.

• itla tsaka nayo (a)

this house 1S.POSS (COP)

This is my house.

• ihako talaye

some.person come.PAST

Someone came.

• hok talayek

person.NEG come.PAST.NEG

No one came.

• na tsa'e hati empaye

1S through park run.PAST

I ran through the park.

• nika nayo putolo (a)

dog 1S.POSS poodle (COP)

My dog is a poodle.

• auana te inata punan (a)

face of child dirt.ADJ (COP)

The child's face is dirty.

• kunyoto tsapa (a)

math class struggle (COP)

The math class is difficult.

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