Mirad/Conversation Lessons

Vocabulary Notes

 * bak = health
 * baka = healthy
 * cer = to be
 * cer baka = to be healthy, to be well
 * Cu baka!! [future/imperative] = Be well! Farewell! Hello!
 * At ce baka. = I'm fine. (= I am well.)


 * g&egrave; = equally, also, too, likewise
 * g&egrave; at = me too; I, as well
 * g&egrave; fia = equally good, also good
 * geb&eacute;nu = in the same situation/manner


 * ev = Whether?; Is it true that?
 * od? = What?
 * od&agrave;? = How? (-&agrave; = adverbial ending/"with")
 * od&eacute;na? = How?, (Lit: what-wise?)
 * odb&eacute;na? = How? (Lit: what-mannered?)
 * odcana? = How? (Lit: what-shaped?)
 * av = for (prep), let, so that (conj.)
 * Av it bakcu. = Let him be well. [Lit: "So that he be healthy."]
 * &agrave; = and (&ograve; = but, &egrave; = or)
 * vo = no (va = yes, ve = maybe)
 * v&ograve; = not (v&agrave; = indeed, certainly, v&egrave; = possibly, may)
 * v&ograve; fua = not bad
 * At v&egrave; ce boka. = I may be ill.
 * It v&agrave; ce ficana. = He is really in good shape.
 * &oacute;d = nothing (&aacute;d = everything)


 * at = I, me
 * atu = to me, for me
 * ata = my, mine


 * et = you
 * etu = to you, for you
 * eta = your


 * it = he, him
 * itu = to him, for him
 * ita = his


 * can = shape, form, condition, state, status
 * fican = good shape, good form, good condition
 * ficana = in good shape, well, in good condition
 * ficana cer / fincancer = to be in good shape, to be fine
 * fucan = bad shape, bad condition
 * fucana cer / fucancer = to be in bad shape, to be unwell
 * odcana = in what shape, how
 * odcana ce... = How is...


 * b&eacute;n = manner, situation
 * fia = good (fua = bad)
 * fib&eacute;na = in a good situation, fine
 * odb&eacute;na? = in what situation?, in what manner?, how?
 * ge = equal, same, as
 * geb&eacute;na = in the same situation, unchanged


 * naz = value
 * ter = to know
 * twer = to be known
 * nazter = to appreciate, to know the value, to be thankful
 * naztwe. = (It) is appreciated [passive voice], thank-you, thanks
 * Gla naztwe. = Much appreciated; Thank-you very much.
 * der = to say (...to [someone] = ...-u)
 * nazder = to express appreciation, to thank (+ ...-u)
 * At nazda itu av ita &eacute;s. = I thanked him for his work.
 * nazden = thanks, expression of appreciation

Vocabulary Notes

 * ijter = to get to know, to become acquainted with, to meet (for the first time) (ijtat acquaintance)
 * ifcer/uifcer = to please/be pleased
 * tomer = to reside, to live, to make one's home
 * &eacute;ser = to work
 * a&eacute;r = to have
 * v&agrave;ger = to wish, to like to (At v&agrave;ge --er = I'd like to --)
 * d&uacute;ncer = to be named, to be called
 * ser = to do, to make
 * keer = to seek, to look for (kaer = to find, koer = to hide)
 * tijer = to be born (tujer = to die)
 * tadcer = to get married
 * tadokcer = to be widowed
 * tad&ograve;cer = to be unmarried
 * emk&aacute;ler = to relocate, to move (emk&oacute;ler = to settle down)
 * puer = to arrive (pier = to depart)
 * jagcer = to get old, to age (jogcer = to get young)


 * dat = friend
 * tad = spouse, mate (t&agrave;d = wife, tadca married)
 * tadokcat = widow(er)
 * tad&oacute;ncat = divore(e)
 * tado&aacute;t = bachelor/bachelorette
 * tedet = offspring, son, daughter, child
 * tod = family
 * tom = residence, home = (tomu = at home)
 * dom = city (domu = in the city, in town)
 * &eacute;s = work (&eacute;su = at work)
 * jag = age (jaga = old, joga = young)
 * tij = birth (tuj = death, tej = life)
 * d&uacute;n = name
 * job = time
 * jab = year (jabi = years, e jabi two years, udjabu this year)
 * ej = the present (eju at present, eja present)
 * em = place, space (emk&aacute;er to relocate)
 * jagat = young person (gajagat = cadet, younger one)
 * jogat = old person (gajogat = elder)
 * if = pleasure (Ca if. It was a pleasure.)


 * ja = before (jo = after, je = during)
 * ja ej = ago [Lit: before the present]
 * ji = since (ju = until)
 * ji od = since when, for how long (ji e jabi = for two years)
 * ga = more (go = less, ge = equal)
 * gla = very, much, many (glo = little, few, slightly)
 * &uacute;b = near to (&iacute;b = far from, &uacute;bem vicinity)
 * bu = to (bi = from)


 * udem = this place (ud(e)mu = here, ud(e)ma from here, od(e)mu? = where?
 * idem = that place (id(e)mu = there, id(e)ma from there)
 * udjob = the present (udj(ob)u = now, odj(ob)u? when?)
 * idjob = that time (idj(ob)u = then, ji id since then)