October / November Miscellaneous

Question 1

Slipped

Answer 1

Lissuna

Question 2

Fell

Answer 2

VœTuna

Question 3

Got injured / hurt

Answer 3

Tuwāla unā

Question 4

Injury / cut / wound

Answer 4

Tuwāla

Question 5

To polish (furniture)

Answer 5

Madineva

Question 6

To iron clothes

Answer 6

Mædda

Question 7

To brush teeth

Answer 7

Mædela

Question 8

To prepare a meal

Answer 8

Kœma Læsti kareneva

Question 9

To get ready

Answer 9

Læsti veneva

Question 10

To put /keep/leave something (a pen on a table eg)

Answer 10

Tiyənəva ( same as to have)
Tibba (past tense)
Tiyəla (past participle)

Question 11

Leave and go (a car in a car park)

Answer 11

Tiyela yanne

Question 12

To leave something and come (leave your shoes and come)

Answer 12

Tiyəla enne

Question 13

To explain

Answer 13

Kiyəla

Question 14

Kiyəla is also used when quoting someone with “kiwwa” before the quote and “kiyəla” after..

Eg. Eya kiwwa “yanne epa” kiyela

Answer 14

She said “don’t go”

Question 15

If I come..

Answer 15

Ennəva -nang

Question 16

I will come

Answer 16

Ennang

Question 17

If not..

Answer 17

Nœttang

Question 18

House

Answer 18

Gé

Question 19

A house

Answer 19

Geyak

Question 20

Houses

Answer 20

Géval

Question 21

Home

Answer 21

Gedara

Question 22

Medicine

Answer 22

Behet

Question 23

If not, otherwise, or else!

Answer 23

Nœttang

Question 24

Or..

Today or tomorrow?

Answer 24

Adeda heTada?
Adehari heTahari?

Can also say..
Ade nœttang heTa (today or tomorrow / today if not tomorrow)

Question 25

Or…

Tea or coffee?

Answer 25

Téda kopidā?

Téhari kopihari?

Question 26

Galavanne

Answer 26

Remove (shoes / clothes)

Question 27

Go back

Answer 27

Apahu

Question 28

Temeneva

Answer 28

To get wet

Question 29

Parakk una

Answer 29

To become late

Question 30

What did you do?

Answer 30

Monovada karé?

past tense verbs end in ‘é’ when used in a question

Question 31

The largest

Answer 31

Lokuma

Question 32

‘The one’ ..’tamay’ is used for emphasis (opposite of nemey) ..often used in advertising e.g. ‘fun tamay’ - it IS fun

That’s the one

Answer 32

Eka tamey

Question 33

‘The one’ ..’tamay’ is used for emphasis (opposite of nemey) ..often used in advertising e.g. ‘fun tamay’ - it IS fun

I am the one

Answer 33

Mama tamay

Question 34

‘The one’ ..’tamay’ is used for emphasis (opposite of nemey) ..often used in advertising e.g. ‘fun tamay’ - it IS fun

She is the one

Answer 34

Eya tamay

Question 35

‘The one’ ..’tamay’ is used for emphasis (opposite of nemey) ..often used in advertising e.g. ‘fun tamay’ - it IS fun

It IS mine

Answer 35

Mage tamay

Question 36

Here

Answer 36

Metina or mehe

Either/or (both used the same)

Question 37

There

Answer 37

Etina or ehere

Either/or (both used the same)

Question 38

From here

Answer 38

Metening / mehing

Either/or (both used the same)

Question 39

From there

Answer 39

Etening / ehing

Either/or (both used the same)