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| KONYAK - LONGWA - (even within tribes
the dialect are so different that one area cannot communicate with
other areas) |
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When meeting somebody:
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Hello |
Aa |
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Goodbye or similar on departure |
So |
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What is your name? |
na-te-bele min pe? |
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Where do you live? |
na-arong me ya peih |
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Is this your village/town? |
nam-ching i-te jela eih |
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Do you have children? |
na sha am tei sha |
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How many children do you have? |
na sha am o be tei tong |
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How many boys do you have? |
loko am o be |
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How many girls do you have? |
she ko am o be |
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Yes |
yo |
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No |
jah |
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Thank you very much |
mei tong |
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Please |
ching mei lem ling-e |
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You look very beautiful |
na nao sa mei tong |
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You look very handsome |
na nao chen meitong |
Buying things:
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How much is this? |
o-be |
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Can you lower the price? |
kom - a - sha |
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Where is the main market? |
rakan arong me tei tong |
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Where can I get supplies? |
arong khe van pe |
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Tea |
khalp |
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Rice |
wong or tem |
How to
order Food in restaurant:
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Please give me a plate of rice |
tem je lah hei |
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With vegetables |
sho phei |
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With meat |
mei phei |
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Do you have Fish? |
nyah tei sha |
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Beef |
mai hu mei |
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Pork |
wak mei |
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Chicken |
o-mei |
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Please give me a cup of tea |
khalp laihon ja lahhei |
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Milk tea please |
khalap te lah hei |
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Milk tea with no sugar |
rot - nga lah hei |
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Black tea with no sugar |
khalap khah nga lah hei |
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Black tea with very little sugar |
khala khah te sanye kajet langpha |
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PLEASE GIVE TEA WITH MILK AND SUGAR
SEPARATE |
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I
am hungry |
no an rei |
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I am full |
phot an |
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Can I have more – rice? |
shah ke jet bopha |
Other:
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Where does this bus go? |
gari arong le a ipeih |
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Which bus/vehicle do I take to get to
__________? |
a-pu-pu gari me veih gko mei - ai
peih |
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How far is it to the next village? |
o-pong lo tong ja ku ching |
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What is the name of this village? |
bele min pe ching - a |
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What is the name of that village/town? |
bele min pe ching ho jela e |
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Where is the Toilet? |
tok arong - e |
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Where can I have a bath? |
tea arong me you eih |
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Please stop here |
ame young kok |
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GOOD NIGHT |
nyak mei |
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ON DEPARTURE - |
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YOU SAY |
so |
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THEY WOULD SAY
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yuh |
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NUMBERS |
| One |
ja |
| Two |
anye |
| Three |
arem |
| Four |
ale |
| Five |
ansa |
| Six |
ayot |
| Seven |
anat |
| Eight |
a-shat |
| Nine |
ako |
| Ten |
ben |
| Twenty |
ta |
| Thirty |
tapen |
| Fourty |
penye |
| Fifty |
penyepen |
| Sixty |
pe kem |
| Seventy |
pekem pen |
| Eighty |
pele |
| Ninety |
pelepen |
| One Hundred |
khoja |
| One Thousand |
haja ja |
| Ten Thousand |
haja pen |
| One Hundred Thousand |
haja khoja |
| One Million |
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| Ten Million |
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