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