Deck 17: Complete Target Conversational Sentences (Part 1)

Our kin / relative

Arsiema zemedna (ahr-sy-eh-mah zeh-mehd-nah) / Peter zemedna (peh-tehr zeh-mehd-nah)

How are you doing response

TewaEwaE nibehal alena (teh-wah-eh-wah-eh nee-beh-hahl ah-leh-nah - I am battling on)

May you feel better soon

Mihret yewrdelka (mee-hreet yeh-weer-dehl-kah)

Happy Birthday!

Zibug lidet! (zee-boog lee-deht)

Home-made bread distance quote

Adi arhikom koynom ember … himbasha hizna mbetsahnayom nierna (Too bad they are far away, we would have visited them with some himbashas)

How was your breakfast?

Kursi kemey nieru? (koor-see keh-may nee-eh-roo)

Happy Christmas!

Rhus beal lidet (roos bahl lee-deht)

Merry Christmas to you and the whole family

Rhus beal lidet niakan nbimulu bietesen

It’s freezing cold

Kezhi/Kuri ember koynu (keh-zhee / koo-ree ehm-behr koy-noo)

I prefer my country

Adey yihsheni (ah-day yeeh-sheh-nee)

Oh, I think he’s going crazy

Wey gud, abidu ember (way good, ah-bee-doo ehm-behr)

How was your day? (addressed to female)

Kemey wielki? (keh-may weel-kee)

How was your day? (addressed to male)

Kemey wielka? (keh-may weel-kah)

Keep your mouth shut, you devil

Sik endo beli ati seytan (seek ehn-doh beh-lee ah-tee say-tahn)

I am doomed

Weyti gudey (way-tee goo-day)

He got drunk/She got drunk

Sekiru (seh-kee-roo)

Good evening and good night

Bruk mishet, Bruk leyti (brook mee-sheht, brook lay-tee)

You came! (first greeting)

Enqua Hagoseka! Kedamay wesika (ehn-kwah hah-goh-seh-kah, keh-dah-my weh-see-kah)

Ee! this flu is killing me

Ayy … eza seal ember ketilatni (aye… eh-zah seh-ahl ehm-behr keh-tee-laht-nee)

I’ve got the flu

Seal hamime (seh-ahl hah-mee-meh)

Go away!

Kidi ske rehak (kee-dee skeh reh-hahk - to m.) / Kidi ske rehaki (kee-dee skeh reh-hah-kee - to f.)

Please finish this goat as soon as you can, I really hate the meat

Bejakum kem gele gierkum keltifkum wed’Uwa neza tiel, nezi siga tseli’Eyo aleku

I hope it was good

Tsibuk nieru kkewn tesfa ygebr (tseh-book nee-eh-roo keh-wihn tehs-fah ee-geh-beer)

Hello, anybody home?

Selamat seb geza, alekum do? (seh-lah-maht sehb geh-zah, ah-leh-koom doh)

How was your holiday?

Beal kemey nieru? (bahl keh-may nee-eh-roo)