Qihep dialogues
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Here there are some dialogues in Qihep, listed according to an increasing difficulty, with some explanations.
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!
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.
