1.3. Adjectives:
a) -ney: un-ney (the first), dwa-ney (the second), tri-ney (the third) ...
b) -ple: unple (single), dwaple (double) ...
1.4. Adverbs:
a) -nem: un-nem (firstly), dwa-nem (secondly) ...
b) -plem: dwaplem (twice), triplem (three times as much) ...
1.5. Nouns:
a) -ka: unka (one), dwaka (two) ...
b) haf (half), para (pair)
1.6. Pronouns[edit]
a) mucho (many, much)
b) pluri (several)
c) kelke (some)
d) idyen (a little, a few)
e) shao (little, few)
- Me (I) vidi (to see) mucho (many, much) flor (flower). – I see a lot of flowers.
- Ta (he/she) hev (to have) shao (little, few) kalam (pencil). – He/she has few pencils.
f) zuy mucho = maiste, zuy shao = minim
- Lu (he) hev (to have) minim bonbon (sweet). – He has the smallest amount of sweets.
g) kwanto (how many. how much)
h) tanto (so, to such extent)
2. Date[edit]
2.1. days of the week: numeral + di
a) undi (Monday)
b) dwadi (Tuesday)
c) tridi (Wednesday)
d) chardi (Thursday)
e) petdi (Friday)
f) sitdi (Saturday)
g) semdi (Sunday)
2.2. months
a) januar = mes-un (January)
b) februar = mes-dwa (February)
c) marto = mes-tri (March)
d) april = mes-char (April)
e) mey = mes-pet (May)
f) yuni = mes-sit (June)
g) yuli = mes-sem (July)
h) augusto = mes-ot (August)
i) septemba = mes-nin (September)
j) oktoba = mes-shi (October)
k) novemba = mes-shi-un (November)
l) desemba = mes-shi-dwa (December)
- dey trishi-un de mes-shi-dwa – the 31st of December
- dey 21 mes 9 yar 1945 – 21.9.1945
3. O'clock: klok
-klok dwa – two o'clock
- klok sem sin pet – five before seven o'clock
- klok sit e haf – half past six Exclamations[edit] 1. Greetings[edit]
1.1. Swasti! – (universal greeting) Be happy! Let the peace be on the Earth!
1.2. Compound greetings
a) Hao sabah! – Good morning!
b) Hao dey! – Good afternoon!
c) Hao aksham! – Good evening!
d) Hao nocha! – Good night!
1.3. Simple greetings
a) Salam! Heloo! Ola! – Hello!
b) Namastee! Nihao! – Hello! How do you do!
1.4. Bye
a) Chao! – Bye!
b) Adyoo! – Good bye!
2. Politeness words[edit]
2.1. Thankfulness
a) Danke! Shukran! – Thank you!
b) Danke gro! – Thank you very much!
c) Bi hao! – You are welcome!
2.2 Excuse
Skusi! – Excuse me!
2.3. Request
a) Plis – please (when asking)
b) Bi karim – be kind
2.4. Swaagat! – Welcome!
3. Interjections[edit]
a) Afsos! – Alas!
b) Kamon! – Come on!
c) wel – well
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