Example sentences
Sentences to read along and practise, from the very first mi lape nima (I drink water) to relative clauses. Hover over a word (on a phone: tap it) to see its meaning; click it (on a phone: tap again) to open it in the dictionary. In practice mode the translation stays hidden until you reveal it.
- mi name nama. – I eat food.
- mi lape nima. – I drink water.
- pina name. – The child eats.
- sena tole. – The language is clear.
- dova hi bire. – This house is big.
- mi rave Senatola. – I learn Senatola.
- mi rave sevo Senatola. – I learn Senatola quickly.
- rava Senatola vugome. – Learning Senatola is easy.
- tama hi lute dova mi. – That is my house.
- lo lute nuva mi. – He is my friend.
- nuva mi bure dova biri. – My friend has a big house.
- dova nuva mi bire. – My friend's house is big.
- tu buke folo ka? – How are you?
- fosa. mi buke ralo. ka tu mo? – Thanks, fine. And you?
- tu bure meba ka? – What is your name?
- mi bure meba Marc. – My name is Marc.
- lusa hi lute seta ka? – What time is it?
- lusa hi lute seta kira. – It is three o'clock.
- ma mela sene folo ka di Senatola re „Haus“? – How do you say “house” in Senatola?
- tama hi pide tama ka? – What does that mean?
- mi tane, de vo tu sene ha tama hi. – Could you please say that again?
- mi pele ne tu. – I don't understand you.
- nata. nima fale di nisa ka? – Excuse me, where is there water?
- ka tu name nama? – Do you eat food?
- tu name tama ka? – What are you eating?
- mela ka beve po tamagefa va tu? – Who gave you the book?
- tu vele di nisa ka? – Where do you live?
- tu rave Senatola ko vera ka? – Why are you learning Senatola?
- tu bure duvu ka pina? – How many children do you have?
- tu sene ga mela ka? – Who are you talking to?
- ka tu dure nama jo lapa? – Do you want to eat or to drink?
- ka tu name ne? – Don't you eat?
- ja. – Yes, I do.
- mi name nomu tama. – I eat nothing.
- nomu mela name. – Nobody eats.
- mi name nomo. – I never eat.
- mi name ku ne. – I don't eat any more.
- mi name ti ne. – I'm not eating yet.
- mi name ne nama, ho mi lape nima. – I'm not eating, I'm drinking water.
- mi ne name, ho tu name. – It's not me who eats, it's you.
- mi bure nomu dova. – I have no house.
- rava Senatola gome ne. – Learning Senatola is not hard.
- mi name po nama. – I ate food.
- mi name vi nama. – I will eat food.
- mi name di lusa hi. – I'm eating right now.
- mi name po ti. – I have already eaten.
- mi name di nalu nupa. – I eat every day.
- mi vele di nisa hi ru kiru basa. – I have lived here for three years.
- mi vele po di nisa hi ru kiru basa. – I lived here for three years.
- mi rive nama. – I start eating.
- mi vurive nama. – I stop eating.
- mi name ga nuva mi di dova biri di nupa hi. – Today I am eating with my friend in the big house.
- lo gole vedo di nupa doki. – Perhaps he will come tomorrow.
- kiru dova vubiri – three small houses
- dosu beku kiru dova – 23 houses
- dova kiri – the third house
- kiru dova hi – these three houses
- nalu pina name. – All children eat.
- nalu pina bamabure pavu tamagefa. – Every child gets a book.
- fapu nuva mi sene Senatola. – Some of my friends speak Senatola.
- dosa kiru pina name. – Two out of three children eat.
- nalu kiru pina name. – All three children eat.
- ma lo kire. – There are three of them.
- lo ro bire te mi. – He is taller than me.
- lo ro name te mi. – He eats more than me.
- lo name ro nama te mi. – He eats more food than me.
- lo bire si mi. – He is as tall as me.
- dova hi ro bire te nalu dova. – This house is the biggest.
- sena hi ro tole te sena da. – This language is clearer than that one.
- lo bure ro pina te kiru pina. – He has more than three children.
- lo bure kiru ro pina te mi. – He has three children more than me.
- mi dure nama. – I want to eat.
- mi dure nima. – I would like water.
- mi dure ne nama. – I don't want to eat.
- mi dure, de tu name. – I want you to eat.
- mi pune sena Senatola. – I can speak Senatola.
- tu tome ne nama. – You don't have to eat.
- tu juke ne nama. – You may not eat.
- mi dure po rava Senatola di nupa vudoki, ho mi pune po ne. – I wanted to learn Senatola yesterday, but I couldn't.
- ka tu dube mi? – Can you help me?
- lo sene sevo. – He speaks fast.
- lo sene pulu sevo. – He speaks very fast.
- lo so lape nima. – Only he drinks water.
- lo lape nima so. – He drinks only water.
- mi mo rave Senatola. – I too am learning Senatola.
- mi rave Senatola mo. – I am learning Senatola too.
- tu sene ha. – You are speaking again.
- mi name su lape. – I eat and drink.
- tu su mi name. – You and I eat.
- mi rave Senatola. lo mo. – I am learning Senatola, and so is he.
- mi name nama, su lo lape nima. – I eat, and he drinks water.
- tu name, jo tu nube. – You eat, or you go.
- mi rave Senatola, ke sena tole. – I learn Senatola because the language is clear.
- ma mi name, fi tu gole. – When you come, we eat.
- ma mi name nalo, fi tu gole. – Whenever you come, we eat.
- tu tome rava le nama. – Before you eat, you must learn.
- Senatola vugome, ho mi rave vusevo. – Although Senatola is easy, I learn slowly.
- mi rave Senatola, fi mi bure lusa. ho mi bure ne lusa. – If I had time, I would learn Senatola.
- mi vubale, de mi pune ne gola. – Unfortunately I can't come.
- pina je name vubire. – The child who is eating is small.
- tamagefa je mi vesagefe gune. – The book I am reading is new.
- sena je mi rave tole. – The language I am learning is clear.
- melalafa je vese pina sene. – The man who sees the child is speaking.
- melalafa je pina vese sene. – The man whom the child sees is speaking.
- mi name tama je tu name. – I eat what you eat.
- mi beve tamagefa va pina je mi vese po di nupa vudoki. – I give the book to the child I saw yesterday.
- lo sene re „mi gole di nupa doki.“ – He says: “I'm coming tomorrow.”
- lo sene, de lo luti gole di nupa doki. – He says that he is coming tomorrow.
- lo pabe, de ka mi gole. – He asks whether I'm coming.
- lo pabe, de mela ka gole. – He asks who is coming.
- lo sene, de vo mi name. – He says I should eat.
- mi vese, de tu name. – I see you eating.
- mi nore, de lo sene folo ka. – I hear how he speaks.
- mi rike ne, de vo mi sene tama ka. – I don't know what I should say.
- vo tu name! – Eat!
- vo ma tu name nama! – Eat! (to several people)
- vo tu name ne! – Don't eat!
- vo ma mi rave Senatola! – Let's learn Senatola!
- vo lo name! – He should eat!
- vo mi name! – Let me eat!
- vo sena tole! – Let the language be clear!
- lo vese lo luti. – He sees himself.
- lo vese lo vuluti. – He sees him (someone else).
- ma mi dube seremo. – We help each other.
- lo sene, de lo luti name. – He says that he (himself) is eating.
- lo sene, de lo vuluti name. – He says that someone else is eating.
- pina vese melalafa, su lo luti sene. – The child sees the man, and it (the child) speaks.
- pina vese melalafa je sene. – The child sees the man who is speaking.
- mela fabe po dova di nupa vudoki. – The house was built yesterday.
- ma mela sene Senatola di nisa hi. – Senatola is spoken here.
- ma mela sene, de Senatola vugome. – People say that Senatola is easy.
- nimalara fale. – It is raining.
- nima fale ne di nisa hi. – There is no water here.
- rava nuge fu tu. – It is important for you to learn.
- mi vuride. – I am cold.
- mi nile tu si pina mi. – I love you as my child loves you.
- mi nile pina mi, su mi nile folo hi tu mo. – I love you like my child.
- mi name, ke mi bure duranama, su tu sene. – I eat because I am hungry and you are talking.
- mi name, ke mi bure duranama. su tu sene. – I eat because I am hungry. And you are talking.
- kiru petu dosa lute laha. – Three plus two is five.
- dosu gemu kira lute seba. – Two times three is six.
- mi fove po ru pavu nutu lahu seta. – I waited for one and a half hours.
- vunidara vunide ma sekita su ma nopa di nisanida. – The trader sells apples and eggs at the market.
- mi bode pulu bova. – I need a lot of money.
- ka tu pune bevabova ru bovarifa? – Can you pay with a banknote?
- rifatapa fale di bedavefa. – The bill is in the bag.
- nokara sene, de vo mi bure lusasepa. – The doctor says that I should rest.
- pina bure ridavugeba, su lo mekajute. – The child has a fever and is coughing.
- mi badilene po gora mi. – I hurt my hand.
- gora mi bogatovule. – My hand is bleeding.
- navabira gole di seta beka. – The bus comes at ten o'clock.
- mi pude nideva, ho mi lire ne lo. – I am looking for a shop, but I can't find it.
- vo tu fove di lumotafara! – Wait at the traffic light!
- ma mi nubalipe va tofajuba di kibarida. – In summer we travel abroad.
- gufa fale po di nupa vudoki. – It snowed yesterday.
- mi nilise ne riba nimalari. – I don't like rainy weather.
- ma mi vepe fegarida di kibavurida. – In winter we put on coats.
- pada pulu nake di nupa hi. – The wind is very strong today.
- ma pina senaduke nilo. – The children like singing.
- mi vese po bavanuba di bavanubeva di nupa vudoki. – Yesterday I saw a film at the cinema.
- ma mi dulene nupakida lisanira. – We are celebrating mother's birthday.
- rifabasa vesene nupameba. – The calendar shows the date.
- pina gefe tavadova di femeva. – The child is writing the homework in the bedroom.
- ma mi bure pabaraveva di nupa doki. – Tomorrow we have an exam.
- tavavela lisalafa mi lute nokara. – My father is a doctor by profession.
- tosotabena fale di goba guvanavesa. – The sofa is next to the mirror.
- tana. mi dure pavu Kilo sekita. – A kilo of apples, please.
- navabena vugole di seta guta su beku rimu setisa. – The train leaves at 08:17.