thin‐gàn‐za 1 Flashcards
Politeness marker
ba / pa
Tag question marker
Sentence + naw.
Negative form
má V bù
ending: indicates general statement of realized or non-future state, also habitual action.
deh. / teh.
It’s hot. (with/without politeness)
pu-deh
pu-ba-deh
It’s cold (with/without politeness)
è-deh
è-ba-deh
It’s good (with/without politeness)
kaùn-deh
kaùn-ba-deh
It’s all right (with/without politeness)
yá-deh
yá-ba-deh
Yes
houq–kéh
It’s hot, isn’t it?
pu-deh-naw.
Yes, it’s hot
houq-kéh. pu-ba-deh.
Negative marker
mă-V-bù.
No, it isn’t hot
mă-pu-bù.
mă-pu-ba-bù(polite)
What’s this?
da ba-lèh.
This is a phone
da phone-ba
noodles
k’auq-s’wèh
coffee
coffee
salad
ă-thouq
water
ye
Tea
ye-nwè-gyàn (lit: clear warm water)
chilli
ngă-youq-thì
Numbers
nan-baq
How much?
beh-lauq-lèh
Mister
U
Madame
Daw
What is the phone number of the institut francais?
Institut Francais p’oùn nan-baq beh-lauq-lèh
To comfirm what you hear:
____-naw.
that’s it
houq-pa-deh
No, that’s not.
mă-houq-pa-bù.
To like
caiq-teh
to be beautiful
hlá-deh
to be difficult
k’eq-teh
to be easy
lweh-deh
To be expensive
zè-cì-deh (lit: the price is high)
to be spicy
saq- teh
to understand
nà-leh-deh
What is your phone number?
p’oùn-nan-baq beh-lauq-lèh.
