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Earthquake warning
Atenta. Avis de seism.
Attention. Earthquake warning.
/a.ˈten.ta ˈa.vis de seism/
Abaxa e tena.
Get down and hold on.
/a.ˈba.ʃa e ˈte.na/
Vai suz se mobil fixa.
Get under the fixed furniture.
/vai suz se ˈmo.bil ˈfi.ʃa/
Resta depart de okna e de porta.
Keep away from the windows and the doors.
/ˈres.ta ˈde.part de ˈok.na e de ˈpor.ta/
Tremor comensa en circa quaranta secundes.
Shaking begins in about forty seconds.
/ˈtre.mor ko.ˈmen.sa en ˈt͡ʃir.ka ka.ˈran.ta se.ˈkun.des/
Intensitate estimat aqui, grad tri de dece.
Estimated intensity here, step three of ten.
/in.ten.si.ˈta.te es.ˈti.mat ˈa.ki grad tri de ˈde.t͡ʃe/
Epicentru es en se margin sud.
The epicentre is on the southern margin.
/e.pi.ˈt͡ʃen.tru es en se mar.ˈd͡ʒi.ne sud/
Profundu vinte-quatre quilometru.
Depth twenty-four kilometres.
/pro.ˈfun.du vin.te.ˈka.tre ki.lo.ˈme.tru/
Nule avis de onda es en vigor.
No coastal warning is in force.
/ˈnu.le ˈa.vis de ˈon.da es en ˈvi.gor/
Se tren fa frena e sta.
The train is braking and will stop.
/se tren fa ˈfre.na e sta/
After the shaking
Es finit. No corre.
It is over. Do not run.
/es ˈfi.nit no ˈko.re/
Vos es bin?
Are you all right?
/vos es bin/
Nule persone es lesat.
Nobody is injured.
/ˈnu.le per.ˈso.ne es ˈle.sat/
Un persone es lesat aqui.
One person is injured here.
/un per.ˈso.ne es ˈle.sat ˈa.ki/
Atenda un replica.
Expect an aftershock.
/a.ˈten.da un re.ˈpli.ka/
Clude se gaz e se aqua.
Close the gas and the water.
/ˈklu.de se gaz e se ˈa.ka/
No usa se vytah.
Do not use the lift.
/no ˈu.sa se ˈvi.tah/
Se scodi es liber?
Is the stairwell clear?
/se ˈsko.di es ˈli.ber/
Voca se numer de urgentia.
Call the emergency number.
/ˈvo.ka se ˈnu.mer de ur.d͡ʒen.ˈti.a/
Fire and evacuation
Incendiu. Evacua nunc.
Fire. Evacuate now.
/in.t͡ʃen.ˈdi.u e.va.ˈku.a nunk/
Aqui es se sortida.
The exit is here.
/ˈa.ki es se sor.ˈti.da/
No usa se vytah, usa se scodi.
Do not use the lift, use the stairs.
/no ˈu.sa se ˈvi.tah ˈu.sa se ˈsko.di/
Fum en se scodi. Vai supra.
Smoke in the stairwell. Go up.
/fum en se ˈsko.di vai ˈsu.pra/
Clude se porta post vos.
Close the door behind you.
/ˈklu.de se ˈpor.ta post vos/
Se punt de adunatiun es en se corte.
The assembly point is in the yard.
/se punt de a.du.na.ˈti.un es en se ˈkor.te/
Un persone resta en etaje quatre.
One person is still on the fourth floor.
/un per.ˈso.ne ˈres.ta en e.ˈta.ʒe ˈka.tre/
Flood and storm
Avis de inundatiun per se comune.
Flood warning for the commune.
/ˈa.vis de i.nun.da.ˈti.un per se ko.ˈmu.ne/
Vent fort. Resta en hiza.
Strong wind. Stay indoors.
/vent fort ˈres.ta en ˈhi.za/
Se aqua monta rapid.
The water is rising fast.
/se ˈa.ka ˈmon.ta ˈra.pid/
Vai te terra alta.
Go to high ground.
/vai te ˈte.ra ˈal.ta/
No traversa se cesta con aqua.
Do not cross a flooded road.
/no tra.ˈver.sa se ˈt͡ʃes.ta kon ˈa.ka/
Se linia de tren es cluse.
The railway line is closed.
/se li.ˈni.a de tren es ˈklu.se/
Clinic and injury
Me ave dolor aqui.
I have pain here.
/me ˈa.ve ˈdo.lor ˈa.ki/
Voca un lekar.
Call a doctor.
/ˈvo.ka un ˈle.kar/
Es un urgentia.
This is an emergency.
/es un ur.d͡ʒen.ˈti.a/
El no respira bin.
He is not breathing properly.
/el no res.ˈpi.ra bin/
Me ave sang.
I am bleeding.
/me ˈa.ve sang/
Me no pote mova se man.
I cannot move my hand.
/me no ˈpo.te ˈmo.va se man/
De quante temp?
For how long?
/de ˈkan.te temp/
Se clinica es apert tot die.
The clinic is open all day.
/se kli.ˈni.ka es ˈa.pert tot ˈdi.e/
Nule pagament es petit.
Nothing is charged.
/ˈnu.le pa.ˈga.ment es ˈpe.tit/
Station and train
Prexa statiun es Marendo.
The next stop is Marendo.
/ˈpre.ʃa sta.ˈti.un es ma.ˈren.do/
Ultim statiun. Tot persone abaxa.
Last stop. Everybody off.
/ˈul.tim sta.ˈti.un tot per.ˈso.ne a.ˈba.ʃa/
Se tren ariva avanz de calendar.
The train arrives ahead of schedule.
/se tren a.ˈri.va ˈa.vanz de ka.ˈlen.dar/
Se tren ave un retard de dece minut.
The train has a delay of ten minutes.
/se tren ˈa.ve un ˈre.tard de ˈde.t͡ʃe ˈmi.nut/
Se tren no fa statiun te Prevessa.
This train makes no stop at Prevessa.
/se tren no fa sta.ˈti.un te pre.ˈve.sa/
Fa transbord te autovuz nove.
Change to bus nine.
/fa ˈtrans.bord te au.ˈto.vuz ˈno.ve/
Se jizde es gratuit.
The ride is free of charge.
/se ˈʒiz.de es gra.ˈtu.it/
Se porta fa cluse.
The doors are closing.
/se ˈpor.ta fa ˈklu.se/
Que linia vai te se port?
Which line goes to the port?
/ke li.ˈni.a vai te se port/
Work and the cooperative
Mie hora es finit.
My hours are finished.
/ˈmi.e ˈho.ra es ˈfi.nit/
Se sistem no me accepta plus.
The system will not accept me any longer.
/se ˈsis.tem no me ak.ˈt͡ʃep.ta plus/
Es contra se limit de hora.
That is against the ceiling on hours.
/es ˈkon.tra se ˈli.mit de ˈho.ra/
Se cura de un persone es praca.
Caring for a person is work.
/se ˈku.ra de un per.ˈso.ne es ˈpra.ka/
Se assemblea decide en junie.
The assembly decides in June.
/se a.sem.ˈble.a de.ˈt͡ʃi.de en ʒu.ˈni.e/
Que dice se registru?
What does the register say?
/ke ˈdi.t͡ʃe se re.ˈd͡ʒis.tru/
Shop, queue and shortage
Ave manc de esto.
There is a shortage of this.
/ˈa.ve mank de ˈes.to/
Quando ariva se prexa stoc?
When does the next stock arrive?
/ˈkan.do a.ˈri.va se ˈpre.ʃa stok/
Me atenda.
I will wait.
/me a.ˈten.da/
Es se ultim.
That is the last one.
/es se ˈul.tim/
Prende vos, me no ave necesitate nunc.
Take it, I have no need of it now.
/ˈpren.de vos me no ˈa.ve ne.t͡ʃe.si.ˈta.te nunk/
Se fila comensa aloc.
The queue starts over there.
/se ˈfi.la ko.ˈmen.sa ˈa.lok/
Housing and repairs
Se vytah no fa.
The lift is out of order.
/se ˈvi.tah no fa/
Ave aqua en se scodi.
There is water in the stairwell.
/ˈa.ve ˈa.ka en se ˈsko.di/
Se isolatiun es nove.
The insulation is new.
/se i.so.la.ˈti.un es ˈno.ve/
Se cabli es de se anos setanta.
The wiring is from the 1970s.
/se ˈka.bli es de se ˈa.nos se.ˈtan.ta/
Se assemblea de residentes decide supra se balconu.
The residents’ assembly decides about the balcony.
/se a.sem.ˈble.a de re.si.ˈden.tes de.ˈt͡ʃi.de ˈsu.pra se bal.ˈko.nu/
Se laboro dura plus que se calendar.
The work is taking longer than the schedule.
/se la.ˈbo.ro ˈdu.ra plus ke se ka.ˈlen.dar/
Greeting and courtesy
Sali.
Hello.
/ˈsa.li/
Bun die.
Good day.
/bun ˈdi.e/
Bun matin.
Good morning.
/bun ˈma.tin/
Laku noc.
Good night.
/ˈla.ku nok/
Gratias.
Thank you.
/gra.ˈti.as/
Skuza me.
Excuse me. I am sorry.
/ˈsku.za me/
Me no comprende.
I do not understand.
/me no kom.ˈpren.de/
Parla plus lent, per favor.
Please speak more slowly.
/ˈpar.la plus lent per ˈfa.vor/
Vos parla anglez?
Do you speak English?
/vos ˈpar.la ˈan.glez/
Me aprende se lingua.
I am learning the language.
/me a.ˈpren.de se lin.ˈgu.a/
Me no vole vos desturba.
I do not want to trouble you.
/me no ˈvo.le vos des.ˈtur.ba/
Tena.
Carry on. Hold on.
/ˈte.na/
Platform and announcement
Atenta, jizdatores.
Attention, riders.
/a.ˈten.ta ʒiz.da.ˈto.res/
Et tren ariva prexim te Marendo, peron un.
This train arrives next at Marendo, platform one.
/et tren a.ˈri.va ˈpre.ʃim te ma.ˈren.do ˈpe.ron un/
Statiun prexim, Doprav.
Next stop, Doprav.
/sta.ˈti.un ˈpre.ʃim ˈdo.prav/
Statiun ultim de et linia.
Last stop on this line.
/sta.ˈti.un ˈul.tim de et li.ˈni.a/
Prende tot vos coses.
Take all your things.
/ˈpren.de tot vos ˈko.ses/
Transbord te autovuz nove supra se piatza.
Change to bus nine on the square.
/ˈtrans.bord te au.ˈto.vuz ˈno.ve ˈsu.pra se pi.ˈa.t͡sa/
Se porte cluda.
The doors are closing.
/se ˈpor.te ˈklu.da/
Abaxa de se tren detra se linia zolt.
Get down from the train behind the yellow line.
/a.ˈba.ʃa de se tren ˈde.tra se li.ˈni.a zolt/
No tuca se cabli supra se stalpi.
Do not touch the wiring on the poles.
/no ˈtu.ka se ˈka.bli ˈsu.pra se ˈstal.pi/
No pusa vos un se altre.
Do not push one another.
/no ˈpu.sa vos un se ˈal.tre/
Atenta te no bate se capu contra se ramu de porta.
Take care not to knock your head on the door frame.
/a.ˈten.ta te no ˈba.te se ˈka.pu ˈkon.tra se ˈra.mu de ˈpor.ta/
Se tren fa statiun en cinc minut.
The train stops in five minutes.
/se tren fa sta.ˈti.un en t͡ʃink ˈmi.nut/
Sin pausa.
Without a wait.
/sin ˈpau.sa/
Jizdu, te se porta, presto.
Off you get, to the door, quickly.
/ˈʒiz.du te se ˈpor.ta ˈpres.to/
At the clinic
Me ave febre desde tri die.
I have had a fever for three days.
/me ˈa.ve ˈfe.bre ˈdes.de tri ˈdi.e/
Me no pote deglute.
I cannot swallow.
/me no ˈpo.te de.ˈglu.te/
Mie gargata dolora.
My throat hurts.
/ˈmi.e gar.ˈga.ta do.ˈlo.ra/
Es un fractura?
Is it a fracture?
/es un frak.ˈtu.ra/
Vos ave un alergia?
Do you have an allergy?
/vos ˈa.ve un a.ler.ˈd͡ʒi.a/
Prende un pastilia cada oto hora.
Take one tablet every eight hours.
/ˈpren.de un pas.ti.ˈli.a ˈka.da ˈo.to ˈho.ra/
Se receta es aqui.
The prescription is here.
/se re.ˈt͡ʃe.ta es ˈa.ki/
Se vaccin es gratuit.
The vaccine is free of charge.
/se ˈva.t͡ʃin es gra.ˈtu.it/
Me va relata te se lekar.
I will report to the doctor.
/me va re.ˈla.ta te se ˈle.kar/
Se tratamentu dura du septimana.
The treatment lasts two weeks.
/se tra.ta.ˈmen.tu ˈdu.ra du sep.ti.ˈma.na/
Tenancy and repair
Se robinete gutta.
The tap is dripping.
/se ro.bi.ˈne.te ˈgu.ta/
Se caldera no fa.
The boiler is not working.
/se kal.ˈde.ra no fa/
Ave un fusibile rumput.
There is a blown fuse.
/ˈa.ve un fu.si.ˈbi.le ˈrum.put/
Se prisa no dan corrente.
The socket gives no current.
/se ˈpri.sa no dan ko.ˈren.te/
Quando veni se administrator?
When does the building manager come?
/ˈkan.do ˈve.ni se ad.mi.nis.ˈtra.tor/
Se afito es pagat te se comune.
The rent is paid to the commune.
/se a.ˈfi.to es ˈpa.gat te se ko.ˈmu.ne/
Me es locatariu desde april.
I have been the tenant since April.
/me es lo.ka.ta.ˈri.u ˈdes.de ˈa.pril/
Se desagu es blocat.
The drain is blocked.
/se de.ˈsa.gu es ˈblo.kat/
Se persiana no clude.
The shutter will not close.
/se per.si.ˈa.na no ˈklu.de/
Se contator es en se vestibul.
The meter is in the entrance hall.
/se kon.ˈta.tor es en se ves.ˈti.bul/
Market and kitchen
Marendo fa mercat de Cra supra se piatza.
Marendo holds the Christmas market on the square.
/ma.ˈren.do fa ˈmer.kat de kra ˈsu.pra se pi.ˈa.t͡sa/
Quanto custa un dozena?
What does a dozen cost?
/ˈkan.to ˈkus.ta un do.ˈze.na/
Me prende un portiun.
I will take one portion.
/me ˈpren.de un por.ˈti.un/
Es fresc de hodie?
Is it fresh today?
/es fresk de ho.ˈdi.e/
Se stall aperi te oto hora.
The stall opens at eight.
/se stal a.ˈpe.ri te ˈo.to ˈho.ra/
Ave levatura?
Is there yeast?
/ˈa.ve le.va.ˈtu.ra/
Mescla se farina e se voda.
Mix the flour and the water.
/ˈmes.kla se fa.ˈri.na e se ˈvo.da/
Lassa se massa reposa un hora.
Let the dough rest an hour.
/ˈla.sa se ˈma.sa re.ˈpo.sa un ˈho.ra/
Se salsa necesita plus sal.
The sauce needs more salt.
/se ˈsal.sa ne.t͡ʃe.ˈsi.ta plus sal/
Se congelator es plen.
The freezer is full.
/se kon.d͡ʒe.ˈla.tor es plen/
Lagoon and works
Se cooperativa de se lagun dan se prim pivo sintetic.
The lagoon cooperative gives the first synthetic beer.
/se ko.o.pe.ra.ˈti.va de se ˈla.gun dan se prim ˈpi.vo sin.ˈte.tik/
Nule alga es prendet.
No weed is taken.
/ˈnu.le ˈal.ga es ˈpren.det/
Solmente se subprodutu.
Only the byproduct.
/sol.ˈmen.te se sub.pro.ˈdu.tu/
Se idrogen veni de se electrolis de se voda salat.
The hydrogen comes from the electrolysis of the salt water.
/se i.ˈdro.d͡ʒen ˈve.ni de se e.lek.ˈtro.lis de se ˈvo.da ˈsa.lat/
Se marea monta rapidament.
The tide is rising quickly.
/se ma.ˈre.a ˈmon.ta ra.pi.ˈda.ment/
Se dragaje comensa en mars.
The dredging begins in March.
/se dra.ˈga.ʒe ko.ˈmen.sa en mars/
No passa detra se boia.
Do not go past the buoy.
/no ˈpa.sa ˈde.tra se bo.ˈi.a/
Se pontile es cluse per reparatiun.
The pier is closed for repair.
/se pon.ˈti.le es ˈklu.se per re.pa.ra.ˈti.un/
Assembly and vote
Se ordine de die es publicat.
The agenda is published.
/se or.ˈdi.ne de ˈdi.e es pu.ˈbli.kat/
Me propone un emenda.
I move an amendment.
/me pro.ˈpo.ne un e.ˈmen.da/
Que dice se acta?
What do the minutes say?
/ke ˈdi.t͡ʃe se ˈak.ta/
Me abstene.
I abstain.
/me abs.ˈte.ne/
Se voto es contat.
The vote has been counted.
/se ˈvo.to es ˈkon.tat/
Se motiun es adoptat.
The motion is carried.
/se mo.ˈti.un es a.ˈdop.tat/
Me contesta se resultat.
I challenge the result.
/me kon.ˈtes.ta se re.ˈsul.tat/
Se disensu es imprimet per nome.
The dissent is printed by name.
/se di.ˈsen.su es im.ˈpri.met per ˈno.me/
Cadaun pote parla un vice.
Each may speak once.
/ˈka.daun ˈpo.te ˈpar.la un ˈvi.t͡ʃe/
Se assemblea decide, e no me.
The assembly decides, and not I.
/se a.sem.ˈble.a de.ˈt͡ʃi.de e no me/
Learning the language
Que significa et parola?
What does that word mean?
/ke sig.ni.ˈfi.ka et pa.ˈro.la/
Como se scriva?
How is it written?
/ˈko.mo se ˈskri.va/
Ubi cade se accent?
Where does the stress fall?
/ˈu.bi ˈka.de se ˈa.t͡ʃent/
Es un forma irregular?
Is it an irregular form?
/es un ˈfor.ma i.re.ˈgu.lar/
En Ravelluri se dice altrement.
In Ravelluri they say it differently.
/en ra.ve.ˈlu.ri se ˈdi.t͡ʃe al.ˈtre.ment/
Se academia recomanda nule cosa aqui.
The academy recommends nothing here.
/se a.ka.de.ˈmi.a re.ko.ˈman.da ˈnu.le ˈko.sa ˈa.ki/
Me cerca se parola en se dictionar.
I am looking the word up in the dictionary.
/me ˈt͡ʃer.ka se pa.ˈro.la en se dik.ti.ˈo.nar/
Repete plus lentament, per favor.
Repeat it more slowly, please.
/re.ˈpe.te plus len.ˈta.ment per ˈfa.vor/
Me comprende quando vos scriva.
I understand when you write.
/me kom.ˈpren.de ˈkan.do vos ˈskri.va/
Es un dialectu o un lingua?
Is it a dialect or a language?
/es un di.a.ˈlek.tu o un lin.ˈgu.a/
Saying how it is
Me es content.
I am glad.
/me es ˈkon.tent/
Me es fatigat.
I am tired.
/me es fa.ˈti.gat/
Me es ansios per el.
I am anxious about it.
/me es an.ˈsi.os per el/
No es grav.
It is not serious.
/no es grav/
Me regreta.
I am sorry about it.
/me re.ˈgre.ta/
Es un alleviu.
That is a relief.
/es un a.le.ˈvi.u/
Me no sapi que fa.
I do not know what to do.
/me no ˈsa.pi ke fa/
Tot va es bin.
It will all be all right.
/tot va es bin/
What to say to nobody
These are current, everybody knows them, and each one is an accusation. They are printed because a person who does not know what they mean will meet them within a week.
Laku noc maimune.
Good night, monkey. Said of a politician, never to a person you mean no harm to.
Sali stronz.
A greeting in form and an insult in fact.
Ia trenu dan curtz.
I can only give you some shit. Directorate wall writing; coarse and still current.
Ia materinu.
I produced rotten work. It means incompetence, and in most use corruption with it.
Se trembuja materinu.
The works are rotten. A formal accusation once printed; the reply is calitatev negativ.
Xuclar.
Corrupt. Naming a person xuclar in a meeting is a matter for the audit office, not for the room.