Qihep dialogues
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Here there are some dialogues in Qihep, listed according to an increasing difficulty, with some explanations.
The dialogues are shown in their transcribed form. Proper names and foreign names are capitalized (Qīxēp), and foreign names are written with a dash (-) separating the constituent syllables (So-fro-nis), since it can be difficult to recognize which is the proper syllable used. Also, only for clarity's sake, punctuation marks are left as in English, even if their used would be strictly different in Qihep.
Ma wūcin ńīm lo? - What's your name?
- Sofronis: Tū dōb des, pān ho!
- Marie: Tū dōb des!
- Sofronis: Ul ma ilcin dūsnā des. Ul So-fro-nis ńīm. Ma wu wūcin ńīm lo?
- Marie: Ul Ma-ri ńīm. Ul ma ilcin dūsnā ǵa. Ma tsu lo, So-fro-nis ho?
- Sofronis: Ul E-la-da tsu. A ma tsu lo?
- Marie: Ul Fran-sy tsu.
- Sofronis: A rȳs tsu lo?
- Marie: Rȳs A-na ńīm ī rȳs E-la-da tsu. Rȳs xūcmor. Jē ul xūcmor.
- Sofronis: Jē ul xūcmor. A tyk tanvran wē lo?
- Marie: Tȳn Śān pān. Tȳn ul la dī Qīxēp xūckreśmor.
- Sofronis: Good morning (lit. May the morning be good), mrs.!
- Marie: Good morning!
- Sofronis: Nice to meet you (lit. I would like to meet you gladly). I am Sofronis. What's your name (lit. How do you name?)
- Marie: My name's Marie (lit. I name Marie). Nice to meet you (lit. I have met you gladly). Where are you from, Sofronis?
- Sofronis: From Greece. And you?
- Marie: From France.
- Sofronis: And she, who is she?
- Marie: She is Ana from Greece. She's student. And me too (lit. I also).
- Sofronis: And I am a student too. And this man, who is he?
- Marie: Mr. Śān. He's our teacher of Qihep.
Ma wū ba mar lo? - What's your job?
- Mr. Brown: Ma ul udvīn ro, pān ho, ma xūckreśmor lo?
- Mr. Asenov: Nā, ul xūckreśmor ba nat mar!
- Mr. Brown: Ma wū ba mar lo?
- Mr. Asenov: Ul faskytvran ba mar, yt ul in-gy-lānxēp xūc sty. A ma wē lo?
- Mr. Brown: Ul hen-ri bra-un ńīm, ul omcinvran ba mar. Ul ma ilcin dūsnā ǵa!
- Mr. Asenov: Ul ma ilcin dūsnā ǵa, ul xri-sto a-se-nof ńīm. Ma tsu lo, bra-un pān ho?
- Mr. Brown: Ul a-me-ri-ka mēskytsy elān la tsu! A ma tsu lo?
- Mr. Asenov: Ul byl-ga-ri-ja tsu!
- Mr. Brown: Sorry (lit. May you excuse me), mister, are you a teacher?
- Mr. Asenov: No, I am not a teacher! (lit. I don't work as a teacher)
- Mr. Brown: What is your job? (lit. What do you work as?)
- Mr. Asenov: I work as engineer, but now I am studying English. And you, who are you?
- Mr. Brown: My name is Henry Brown, business man. Nice to meet you!
- Mr. Asenov: Nice to meet you, I am Hristo Asenov. Where are you from, mr. Brown?
- Mr. Brown: From the United States of America! And where are you from?
- Mr. Asenov: I am from Bulgaria!
Prēt pān wū mo stā sty? - Where is Mr. Prēt?
- Mrs. Pej: Tū dōb des!
- Mr. Fren: Tū dōb des!
- Mrs. Pej: Ul Prēt pān qum sty vol. Ma Prēt pān lo?
- Mr. Fren: Nā, ul nat Prēt pān, ul Fren ńīm.
- Mrs. Pej: Tyk Prēt pān dīm xrātmarmeś lo?
- Mr. Fren: Dā! Ma nat grēś sty. Tyk tsīm le Prēt pān dī marmeś, yt tȳn tykmeś nat mo stā sty.
- Mrs. Pej: Tȳn wū mo stā sty lo?
- Mr. Fren: Ma nār tsīm piǵ fa kra lo?
- Mrs. Pej: Wū tsīm lo?
- Mr. Fren: Ūsbimtsīm ā otstā dī nār tsīmxep
- Mrs. Pej: Dā lo?
- Mr. Fren: Tyk kop dī xrātmarmeś. Prēt pān nārmeś mo stā sty. Ma tȳn tykmeś cak sty da!
- Mrs. Pej: Dōb dā. Ēp!
- Mr. Fren: Tyk nanqem fa!
- Mrs. Pej: Good morning!
- Mr. Fren: Good morning!
- Mrs. Pej: I am looking for mr. Prēt. Is it you?
- Mr. Fren: No, I'm not mr. Prēt, my name is Fren.
- Mrs. Pej: Is this the office of mr. Prēt?
- Mr. Fren: Yes! You're not wrong (lit. You're not mistaking). It is inside this room that Mr. Prēt works (lit. It's this room that is Mr. Prēt's workplace), but he isn't there now.
- Mrs. Pej: Where is he now?
- Mr. Fren: Can you see that room?
- Mrs. Pej: Which one?
- Mr. Fren: The door on the right in the corridor!
- Mrs. Pej: Yes?
- Mr. Fren: That's the office of the director. Mr. Petru is there. You may wait for him here!
- Mrs. Pej: Well. Thank you!
- Mr. Fren: You're welcome!
Ma wū skyt sty lo? - What are you doing?
- Hristo: Eh, Ma-ri ho!
- Marie: Eh, Xri-sto ho! Ul ma dōb topīk! Ma unqin fa si!
- Hristo: Ēp! Ma dī ǵīv wūcin sty lo? Ma wū skyt sty lo?
- Marie: Ńikqem dōb. Ul ma ēp fa! Ul nū Qīxēp dum la xūc sty.
- Hristo: Tȳn la mā lo?
- Marie: Nā! Ul tyqo cascā śi fu skyt fa.
- Hristo: Ma mā dum la snā ǵa ī ma Qīxēp dōb xēp!
- Marie: Ēpēp! Ul mī prīc par le ul ālāl sol ī ul mēcin Qīxēp ul dī Qī pikpik e xēp sol ā.
- Hristo: Do sna! A-na wū mo stā sty lo?
- Marie: Rȳs kōrmeś stā sty. Rȳs ǵīvsnākȳt xūc sty. Rȳs tykmeś gotyrō o qin fa vol nah.
- Hristo: Dōb dā. Ul rȳs tykmeś cak fa vol!
- Hristo: Hello, Marie!
- Marie: Hello, Hristo! Welcome! Get in!
- Hristo: Thank you! How are you? (lit. How is your life?) What are you doing?
- Marie: I'm fine (lit. Everything is well). Thanks! I'm studying new words in Qihep right now.
- Hristo: Are they many?
- Marie: No! I'll be done in fifteen minutes. (lit. I will have done after fifteen minutes)
- Hristo: You already know many words and speak well Qihep!
- Marie: Thank you very much! I think because I read very much and I usually speak only Qihep with Qi friends.
- Hristo: Sure! (lit. That is certain!) Where is Ana now?
- Marie: She's in the library. She's studying biology. I was told she's coming here at 6.00 pm. (lit. at the 18th)
- Hristo: Good. I'll be waiting for her here.
