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Language Name Ley Arah Language Author Jashan A'al Year Began 1993 Site Ley Arah Broken Link No Site Language English Site Author Jashan A'al Language Type fictional language Uniqueness [Note: the apostrophes after a letter denotes accent marks for pronounciation, and quotation marks are used as stylistic apostrophes which are grammatical as opposed to phonetical] 1. Hello Hra'va (hello) Ta'v (hi) 2. How are you? (or similar greeting question) Lo a'ca'na'? (lit: Your fortune? ..informal) A'ca'na' vo oso? (lit: Fortune favors you? ...normal) A'ta so dla'na' a'ca'na"e ona'le a'lurl oso"a'n (lit: Surely you are Fortune's most favored child ... very formal) 3. My name is... Eye'l se" vo (name). [giving commonly used name] La ca a'ta (name) [giving full given name] 4. What is your name? Lwe's eye'l se" vo? (for commonly used name) Lwe's a'ta lo ca? (for full given name) 5. I am lost. Osahr sa lwa' a'ta sa. (lit: I don't know where I am) *or* Rha'nev sa va (lit: I have lost myself) 6. Where am I? ! Lwa' a'ta sa? 8. I'm sorry. Na'ho (a'ta sa) 9. Please la's 10. Thank you! a'sa'! (normal/informal) a's! (informal/slang) a'sla'n! (thank you very much! <--normal/informal) a'n or sla'n (thank you very much! <--informal/slang) 11. Help! Ter! 12. I don't speak [language X] very well. Osa'ra'pa' sa (language)di' dhos ma'dh. 13. I don't understand. Osa sa. 14. Speak more slowly please. a'ra'pa' a'la'n jer, la's. 17. That was a lovely meal. What was it? a'taj' dhos ma'dh pa'le'n. Lwe's a'taj' su? 18. How much do we owe you... Lwem da'j'u j'e's sta' ke' vo... a. for the meal? che pa'le'ndas? b. for the room? che r'edojdas? c. for the things that we broke? che a'qa'das che' nelo'j' sta'? 19. How much did ! you say it cost again? Lwem da'j'u a'ra'lej' so che' cu su, tase't? 20. You are joking, aren't you? De'la'th so, e? 21. I am sorry, I didn't mean to insult you. Na'ho sa, osle'sh sa tli'su vo. 22. Our customs are very different from yours. Tla' ga'li'na' a'ta dhos te'ne' kas vo". 23. I don't know anything about local politics, I'm afraid. Osahr sa sia'q che'z seca'la' pona'lem, na'ho. 24. Our guide did not tell us that there was a (revolution/war/soccer[football] championship) going on in this country. Tla' hi'the'n osa'ra'lej' vre' che' a'ta (ma'lne/lan/a'shi'n loi'nga'l) cor ta' hwa ke'nte'. 25. Thank you for your hospitality. We enjoyed our visit very much, but now we must be going home because we have many important things to do there. A'sa' che vo" ta'csh. Sta' ua'j' tla' sa'me' dhos da'j'u, so' wa se'n sta' urru ta' tha'dur! , a'de' yura' da'j'a' a'qa' joks che' sa'sh sta' sa' re'lu. Interest Of Others Included in The Traveller's Phrasebook: Conculture Noun Phrase the Tsara, the warrior-sect of the Tsendashai Quotation Náho, oslésh sa ché tlís sa vo. Explanation Sorry/apologies, [neg]-intend I that insult I you. Translation I'm sorry, I didn't mean to insult you. Dictionary Yes Etymologies No Grammar Yes Sample Texts No Unique Script Yes Primer Yes Babel Text Yes Lexicon Size 438 Submitted By NA Updated By Marq Thompson Date Edited Sunday, May 02, 2004 Description Of Update Replaced the broken link with a working one. Date To Headline Friday, May 07, 2004 < Leturian  Ley Arah  Liaden >
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