Mirad/Conversation Lessons

Lesson 1: Greetings (Dotsini)

Mirad	English
Cu baka!	Hello! [Lit: "Be healthy."]
Gè et.	Hi. (in return) [Lit: "Equally you."]
Fijub!	Good day!
Fimaj!	Good morning!
Fiumaj!	Good evening!
Fimoj!	Good night.
Upu và!!	Welcome! [Lit: "Come indeed"]
Et ce odéna?	How are you? [Lit: "You are what-like"]
Et ce odbéna?	How are you? [Lit: "You are in-what-situation."]
At ce baka.	I'm fine. [Lit: "I am well."]
At ce fibéna.	I'm fine. [Lit: "I am in-good-situation."]
At ce ficana.	I'm fine. [Lit: "I am in-good-form."]
Ev coni fipe?	How are things? [Lit: "Are things going well?"]
Ád fipe.	Everything is going well.
Et se odà?	How are you doing? [Lit: "You do how?"]
At se fià.	I'm doing well. [Lit: "I do well."
Vò fia vò fua.	So-so. [Lit: "Not good not bad."]
Naztwe!	Thanks! [Lit: "It is appreciated."][naz = value]
Atu ifca.	You're welcome. [Lit: "It was a pleasure for me."]
À ev et?	And you? [Lit: "And whether you?"]
At gè ce baka.	I'm fine, too. [Lit: "I likewise am healthy."]
Od ce joga?	What's new. [Lit: What is new?"]
Ód.	Nothing.
Eta tod ce odéna?	How is your family? [Lit: "You family is what-way?"]
Ata tod ce ficana.	My family is fine. [Lit: "My family is in good shape."]
Cu baka!!	Goodbye!, Farewell! [Lit: "Be healthy."]
Gè et!!	Goodbye to you, too! [Lit: "Likewise you."]

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.)

• gè = equally, also, too, likewise
• gè at = me too; I, as well
• gè fia = equally good, also good
• gebénu = in the same situation/manner

• ev = Whether?; Is it true that?
• od? = What?
  • odà? = How? (-à = adverbial ending/"with")
  • odéna? = How?, (Lit: what-wise?)
  • odbéna? = 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."]
• à = and (ò = but, è = or)
• vo = no (va = yes, ve = maybe)
  • vò = not (và = indeed, certainly, vè = possibly, may)
  • vò fua = not bad
  • At vè ce boka. = I may be ill.
  • It và ce ficana. = He is really in good shape.
• ód = nothing (ád = 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...

• bén = manner, situation
• fia = good (fua = bad)
• fibéna = in a good situation, fine
• odbéna? = in what situation?, in what manner?, how?
• ge = equal, same, as
• gebéna = 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 és. = I thanked him for his work.
• nazden = thanks, expression of appreciation

Lesson 2: Getting Acquainted

Mirad	English
At vàge [ad] et ijtu ata dat Ivan.	I'd like you to meet my friend, Ivan. [Lit: "I'd like that you be acquainted with..."]
Ce gla if ijter et.	Very pleased to meet you. [Lit: "It is a great pleasure to..."]
Od ce eta dún?	What's your name?
Ata dún ce Maria.	My name is Mary.
Odmu et tome?	Where do you live?
At tome New Yorku/erozáki udma.	I live in New York/two kilometers from here.
Et tome idmu ji od?	How long have you lived there? [Lit: "You live there since what?"]
At tome ida domu ji alo jabi.	I have lived in that city for 10 years. [Lit: I live in that city since...]
Od ce eta és?	What do you do for a living? [Lit: "What is your work?"]
At ése ge biktut. À ev et?	I work as a nurse. And you?
At eju keé és.	I am currently looking for work.
Ev et aé aga tod?	Do you have a big family?
Ata tedeti ce odjaga?	How old are your children? [Lit: "What-aged are..."]
Gajagat ce ale jaga à gajogat ce ú jaga.	The elder is twelve years old and the younger is nine. [Lit: "...is 12 of age...is 9 of age."]
Ev et gè ce tadca (or: tadaá)?	Are you also married?
Vo. At ce tadokca/tadónca/tadoá.	No. I'm widowed/divorced/unmarried. [Lit: "mate-lost/mate-separated/mate-less"]
Odmu et tija?	Where were you born?
At tija úb udem.	I was born near here.
Odju et emkála udmu?	When did you move here. [Lit: "....change location..."]
At pua ji e jabi.	I arrived four years ago. [Lit: "...since four years"]

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
• éser = to work
• aér = to have
• vàger = to wish, to like to (At vàge --er = I'd like to --)
• dúncer = 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
• tadòcer = to be unmarried
• emkáler = to relocate, to move (emkóler = to settle down)
• puer = to arrive (pier = to depart)
• jagcer = to get old, to age (jogcer = to get young)

• dat = friend
• tad = spouse, mate (tàd = wife, tadca married)
  • tadokcat = widow(er)
  • tadóncat = divore(e)
  • tadoát = bachelor/bachelorette
• tedet = offspring, son, daughter, child
• tod = family
• tom = residence, home = (tomu = at home)
• dom = city (domu = in the city, in town)
• és = work (ésu = at work)
• jag = age (jaga = old, joga = young)
• tij = birth (tuj = death, tej = life)
• dún = 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 (emkáer 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)
• úb = near to (íb = far from, úbem 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)

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