15A Halo kompras (Shopping) Flashcards
halo kompras
doing the shopping
loja
shop
dolar
dollar
kios
small local convenience store
sentavus
cents
supermerkadu
supermarket
kuarter (coinage)
quarter (25c US)
basar
market
tempe
tempeh
(a food made from fermented soybeas)
merkadu
market, officially designated market place
warung
food stall
karun, karu
expensive
baratu
cheap
loja nain
shopkeeper
kios nain
kios owner
patraun
employer, business owner, boss
falun
wrap
folin
price, value
folin sae
the price goes up
kondutór
driver
folin tuun
the price goes down
kompras
shopping (for multiple items)
hatuun folin
lower the price
sasaan
goods, wares;
things
entaun
so
botir
bottle
butuk, fatin
pile
fuan
- Fruit*
- (used for counting larger roundish items)*
futun
bundle tied together
jérigen
jerry can
kaixa
case, box
karoon
Sack
(sacks vary up to 35kg, although they used to be 100kg)
kesak
skewer
kilu
kilogram
kaleen, lata
tin can
litru
litre
lolon
trunk,
length (this is used for counting long cylindrical items)
masa
plastic bottle, plastic jerry can
masu
packet (of cigarettes)
musan
Seed (this is used for counting tiny roundish items)
talin
string (of items tied together)
tonelada
ton (1000 kilogram)
Bele sosa hahaan iha nebee?
Where can one buy food?
súpermi / xaumí
two-minute noodles
sabaun
soap
Senhór Armando hakarak baa Cristo Rei. Nia bolu taksi.
Mr Armando wants to go to Cristo Rei (the ‘Christ the King’ statue). He calls a taxi.
Baa Cristo Rei, selu hira?
How much is it to Cristo Rei?
Nee baa deit ka, baa mai?
Is that just going, or a return trip?
Hau hakarak baa halimar oras ida nia laran, depois mai fali.
I want to go and relax there for around (inside) an hour, and then come back.
Dolar sanulu.
That’s ten dollars.
Dolar sanulu karun liu. Hau hakarak selu dolar lima.
Ten dollars is too expensive. I want to pay five dollars.
Agora mina folin sae!
Petrol prices have gone up!
Entaun, dolar hitu.
Well then, seven dollars.
Manuel baa merkadu, atu sosa fehuk.
Manuel goes to the market, to buy potatoes.
Fehuk nee, butuk ida hira?
These potatoes, how much is one pile?
Butuk ida, dolar ida.
One pile is one dollar.
Butuk lima, dolar haat, bele ka lae?
How about five piles for four dollars?
La bele. Tanba ami sosa mos, karun!
It’s not possible. Because we buy them expensive too!
Entaun, hau buka seluk deit.
Then I’ll just look for another.
Bele hatuun ka?
Can you lower that
Bele ka lae, se dolar rua-nulu?
Can you or not, how about $20?
Dolar rua-nulu oinsaa?
How about $20.
Ai farina butuk ida nee hira?
How much is this pile of cassava?
Ohin hau sosa modo futun rua.
Today I bought two bundles of leafy vegetables.
Koto lata ida sentavus lima-nulu.
A can of red beans is fifty cents.
Sigaru lolon ida, hira?
How much does one cigarette cost?
Nia ohin hemu aimoruk musan rua.
He took two tablets today.
Nia sosa paun fuan tolu.
She bought three bread buns.
Hudi nee hira?
How much are these bananas?
Hudi nee folin hira?
How much are these bananas?
Nee dolar ida.
This is one dollar.
Jornál nee sentavus lima-nulu.
This newspaper is fifty cents.
Ema balu la gosta baria.
Some people don’t like bitter gourd.
Balu gosta baria, balu la gosta.
Some like bitter gourd, some don’t.
Hau kompriende liafuan balu deit.
I only understand some of the words.
Hau kompriende balu deit.
I only understand some.
Nia gosta haan ai dila. Hau mos gosta.
He likes eating papaya. I like (it) too.
Hau koalia ho Senhór Prezidenti, ho mos Senhór Primeiru Ministru.
I talked with the president, and also with the prime minister.
Hau konhese Pedro. Hau mos konhese nia ferik oan.
I know Pedro. I also know his wife.
Hau diak.
I’m well.
Hau mos diak.
I’m well too.
Hau atu baa merkadu.
I’m going to the market.
Hau mos atu baa.
I will also go.
Pele moras.
Pele is ill.
Maria mos moras.
Maria is sick too.
