Carpathian/Phrasebook

This page lists some basic phrases in the Carpathian language with the corresponding English translation. Both Western and Eastern varieties are represented with phrases in Western Carpathian preceded by ^W and in Eastern Carpathian — by ^E.

Greetings

• Wéitāhū — “Hello!”, “Greetings!”. A formal greeting.
• ^WWèsū/Wèselī, ^EKaĩlī/Wàsalī — “Hello!”, “Hi!”. An informal greeting.
• 'Deinìs dàbis/Deinéis dabéis — “Good day”, neutral greeting.
• ^WHrītùs dàbas, ^EHar͂nas dàbas — “Good morning”
• ^WWèkeras dàbas, ^EWàkaras dàbas — “Good evening” or “Good night” (when used as a greeting)
• Kei essì — “How are you?”.
• Kei tigī́wā/Kei gī́watwā — “How are you?” Literally: “How is your life?”. The latter phrase is dialectal, but can be used in the spoken language.
• Kei iméi?/Kei iméisin? — “How are you?” Literally: “How is it having?”. A calque from Polish and Western Ukrainian, used in a neutral context.
• Dàbai — “Fine”.
• Dàbaimi, ō tū́? — “I’m fine, and you?”.

Introduction

• ^WKei žuwañtiti, ^EKei zuwéitisin — “What is your name?”, formal.
• ^WŽuwañtimi _ _, ^EZuweimisin _ _ — “My name is _ _” (both the first and last names in the nominative form are expected).
• Ka tijìmmi estì?/Ka immìtwa? — “What is your name?”, informal. The former is more formal, the latter form is dialectal and less formal.
• Mijìmmi _ — “My name is _” (Only the first name is usually expected). The first word may be omitted, saying only the name is sufficient.
• Màlhimai surḗsteisin! — “Nice to meet you!”

Farewell

• Būs! — “Bye!”, informal.
• Dàbai teibun͂dai! — “Good bye!”. Literally: “May it be well for you!”
• Suwéidēsiwāsin/Suwéidēsimasin! — “See you!”. Literally: “We will see each other!” The first form is used with two people, the second — with three or more people.
• Naktìs dàbis — “Good night” (when used as a good bye).

Basic phrases

• Bā/Nō/Āna — “yes”, informal, dialectal.
• ^WĀ, ^EJō — “yes”, formal.
• Nē — “no”