Chlouvānem/Phrasebook

This page lists some basic everyday expressions in the Chlouvānem language.

Notes

[2] denotes the need for a second person (singular) referent. It can be:
- sāmi (gen./poss. samiā), informal pronoun (dual: saše, sareṣyā; plural: nani, naniā);
- nani (naniā), formal pronoun for higher-ranked people (dual: naiše, nanešā);
- ravi (ravyā), formal pronoun for same-ranked people (dual: raude, ravedyā);
- kūri (kūriā), formal pronoun for lower-ranked people (dual: kūrḍe, kūredyā);
- yavyāta (gen. yavyāti, declines as singular 1h noun) is the plural formal pronoun generally needed in these sentences. nani (naniā) is commonly used too.
- The given name plus the appropriate title — usually the preferred option.
When the second person referent is represented as nani*, the only alternatives are either nani (as 2SG formal superior) or the given name plus title.
The -ęe [-eɦe] forms of languages are adverbs, used in phrases like "I speak…" or "I [can] read/write [in]…"
When titles have to be used, the most commonly used formulae yamei … lāma and yamei lila aveṣyotarah are used as examples.

Basic phrases

mei - yes, true
go - no, false
lālis yacė nami - Please
pęrdų rojhė - Excuse me.
lāliu naniau aveṣyotariri yaccechlašute nami - I humbly ask for your forgiveness.
pęrdų demi tašeistekilu īvai - I humbly excuse myself for the disturb. (common in formal contexts)
pęrdų tælū rojhute tašeistekilu no īvai - I'm sorry to have bothered you. (usually said before going.)

no īvai is usually pronounced here as if it were *nīvai.

liliā salkam - Thank you!
liliā bhaudūkirena salkye - Thank you! (more formal)
raigodah valu - Thank you! (also formal)
gvami væl - You're welcome.
yaiva miąre væl - It's all right.
dėmba - Hi!, Hello!
miąre yartām - Good morning!
miąre bembīh - Good afternoon!
miąre prājamnā - Good evening!
miąre laliā - Good night!
miąre pugleini - (may you) Sleep well!
færviṣe natte - See you later.
miąre fleina - Goodbye.
[2] yalīce (vælrā) ? - How are you?
taili miąre : liliā salkam : [2] no dam? - Very well, thank you. And you?
ṣvalara - Fine.
yananū najire ? - What's going on?
lālis yacė nami : nakaidoman yajulā ? - Excuse me, where is the toilet?
[2] mæn haloe yananū ? - What's your name?
lili mæn lairė haloe - My name is Lairė.
[2-_GEN] daidanah pṛšcāṃvæl - Nice to meet you.
chlouvānęe dældiri dam ? // chlouvānumi dældīni dældiri dam ? - Do you speak Chlouvānem?
mei : chlouvānęe dældiru - Yes, I speak Chlouvānem.
go : chlouvānęe gu dældiru ša - No, I don't speak Chlouvānem
[2] mæn yajulųu ? - Where are you from?
lili mæn līlasuṃghāṇų : nanašīramų : murkadhānāvyų - I'm from Līlasuṃghāṇa, Nanašīrama, the Chlouvānem Inquisition.

Age

Chlouvānem people do not express age by counting the years that have passed, but by counting which year someone is in. Thus, a person who we'd say is 20 years old is, for a Chlouvānem, in its 21st year of life.

[2] mæn yananū heirah fliven? - How old are you? (lit. *which year does go by you?)
lili mæn [ordinal] fliven - I'm ... years old.
- lili mæn māmitītyende fliven - I'm 19 years old (lit. the 20th (18₁₂th goes by me)
- lili mæn pāmvimāminde fliven - I'm 35 years old (lit. the 36th (30₁₂th goes by me)

Some countries and languages of Earth

Belarus: bilarusia, Belarusian: bilaruskiyumi dældā / bilaruskiyęe
Bhutan: bhūṭān
- Dzongkha: tsolkhumi dældā / tsolkhęe
Catalunya: kataluña, Catalan: kataluṃskumi dældā / kataluṃskęe
China: kitai
- Mandarin: mandarīlkitaiskumi dældā / mandarīlkitaiskęe
- Cantonese: yūtkitaiskumi dældā / yūtkitaiskęe
- Hokkien: hokkyalkitaiskumi dældā / hokkyalkitaiskęe
Denmark: dænmarka, Danish: dæṃskumi dældā / dæṃskęe
England: ilglæna, English: ilgelskumi dældā / ilgelskęe
- Australia: austrālya
- United Kingdom: namālire šåkhaṃṣarivāṇa
- United States: amærikhi namālirena bhælai or amænalai (both plural)
France: fralkrih, French: fraṃskumi dældā / fraṃskęe
Germany: tiusklæna, German: tiuskumi dældā / tiuskęe
- Austria: yostrih
Gujarat: gujrāta, Gujarati: gujrātiyumi dældā / gujrātiyęe
Iceland: īslanta, Icelandic: īsleṃskumi dældā / īsleṃskęe
India: bhāratah
- Hindi: hindī ga dældā
- Sanskrit: saṃskrtā ga dældā
- Urdu: urdū ga dældā
Iran: irān, Persian: pærskumi dældā / pærskęe
Italy: itālya, Italian: itālskumi dældā / itālskęe
Japan: nippun, Japanese: nippuṃskumi dældā / nippuṃskęe
Latium: latyum, Latin: latīṃskumi dældā / latīṃskęe
Liguria: ligyūrya, Ligurian: līgyurumi dældā / līgyuręe
Lithuania: liætuva, Lithuanian: liætskumi dældā / liætskęe
Lombardy: lumbārdīya, Lombard: lumbārdumi dældā / lumbārdęe
Mongolia: mulgolya, Mongolian: mulgolumi dældā / mulgolęe
Norway: noura, Norwegian: norṣkumi dældā / norṣkęe
Piedmont: pyemūnta, Piedmontese: pyemūntskumi dældā / pyemūntskęe
Portugal: purtugāva, Portuguese: purtugėsumi dældā / purtugėsęe
- Brazil: brasīvuh
Punjab: pañjāba, Punjabi: pañjābiyumi dældā / pañjābiyęe
Russia: rasīya, Russian: ruskiyumi dældā / ruskiyęe
Sardinia: sardæña, Sardinian: sardæṃskumi dældā / sardæṃskęe
Sicily: sicīlya, Sicilian: sicīlьskumi dældā / sicīlьskęe
Sweden: sværyeh, Swedish: svæṃskumi dældā / svæṃskęe
Switzerland: skvīsera
- Rumantsch: rumañcumi dældā / rumañcęe
- Swiss German: skvīsertiuskumi dældā / skvīsertiuskęe
Ukraine: ukrayīna, Ukrainian: ukrayīṃskumi dældā / ukrayīṃskęe
- Proto-Indo-European: obhāratyorapīyumi dældā / obhāratyorapīyęe
Veneto: vėneta, Venetian: vėnetumi dældā / vėnetęe
Wales: kaṃrih, Welsh: kaṃrāgumi dældā / kaṃrāgęe

Talking on the phone

tamendė or tatemendu - Hello!
lālis yacė nami : nanū nuppęe dældeiniri - Please speak slower
lālis yacė nami : kukilveinite - Please repeat

Formal conversation phrases

yamei [haloe] lāma mæn lili tattekukilenau īvai dam ? - Could I speak with Mr./Ms. [name]?
rojhute : yamei lila aveṣyotarire ni kaminæne ejulā gu væl ša nami - I'm sorry, but (s)he's not here at the moment.
lili mæn ñulikah gu valu ša īvai - I'm not sure.
lillauku glidemæh yaccechlašutė īvai - Just a moment, please.
mei : lālis yacė nami - Yes, please.
go : tami ṣvalara - No, it's OK.
lālis yacė nami : nani* mæn lū pritedhyuɂīti yaši yamei lilu aveṣyotarire papardhenaite yoṣa dam? - Could you please ask him/her to call me?
lili færviṣe pritedhyuɂiṣyam īvai : fali* mæn tū yamei lilom aveṣyotarire kautekukilenai yoṣa dam? - Could you please tell him/her I'll call back later?

Wrong number

go : ridvūkire duṇāniañom udhyuɂeste spa - No, you have called the wrong number.
pęrdų rojhė : ridvūkire duṇāniañu ni pamyudhulteste spa - Sorry, you dialed the wrong number.
pęrdų rojhė : ridvūkire duṇāniañu pamyudhultaṃte - I'm sorry, I have dialed the wrong number.

Calling someone's home

yamei [haloe] lāma mæn amaha dam ? - Is this Mr./Ms. [name]'s home?
mei : væl - Yes, it is.
[1] mæn dældirė : [2] āñjulā dam ? - This is [1] speaking. Is [2] there?
pęrdų rojhute : pridīdiye tailьnaise tī dhyoɂute - I'm sorry for calling so late.
leilum pehām yanamiąlīprė dam ? - Can I leave a message?
færviṣe pritedhyuɂiṣyam - I'll call back later.

Describing people

Note that "adjectives" in this section are usually already given as conjugated words.

lila mæn... - the/this person is...

lalla - tall
hehire - short (pl. hihirena)
spragnyire - big
ñikire - small
ṭaɂire - thin, slender
sådhire - fat (liter. "wide")

lila mæn parye... - the/this person's hair are...

chītirena - short
māhārirena - long
pomai - bun, chignon
læñchiša - braid
murkirena - black, more generally dark
yoltvirena - brown (sometimes not light brown), incl. chestnut
chlirairena - blond
lьlåchirena - red, incl. auburn and often light brown too
framirena - gray
pāṇḍirena - white