Kala phrases
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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 18th. - 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.
