Difference between revisions of "Greetings"
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(New page: === Formal Greeting (singular)=== {| style="color:green;background-color:#ffffcc;" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" border="1" | A || Dumela rra || Hello Sir |- | B || Dumela mma, o ...) |
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| + | === Goodbye=== | ||
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| + | | A || (Go siame rra) sala sentle|| (OK sir) Goodbye [literally "stay well"] | ||
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| + | | B || (Go siame mma) tsamaya sentle || (OK madam) Goodbye [literally "leave well"] | ||
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| + | === Informal Goodbye=== | ||
| + | {| style="color:green;background-color:#ffffcc;" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" border="1" | ||
| + | | A || Boroko mma || Goodnight madam | ||
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| + | | B || Robala sentle rra || Sleep well sir | ||
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Revision as of 12:28, 7 March 2007
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Formal Greeting (singular)
| A | Dumela rra | Hello Sir |
| B | Dumela mma, o tsogile jang ? | Hello madam, how are you ? [literally "how did you wake up"] |
| A | Ke tsogile sentle, wena o tsogile jang ? | I am fine, how are you ? |
| B | Ke tsogile sentle | I am fine |
As an alternative to "tsogile" (woke up) in the afternoon "tlhotse" (spent the day), and in the early morning "robetse" (slept) can be used.
Less Formal Greeting (singular)
| A | Dumela rra | Hello Sir |
| B | Dumela mma, o kae? | Hello madam, how are you ? [literally "where are you"] |
| A | Ke teng, wena o kae ? | I am fine, how are you ? |
| B | Ke teng | I am fine |
Less Formal Greeting (plural)
| A | Dumelang, le kae? / lo kae? | Hello, how are you ? (plural) |
| B | Re teng | We are fine |
Informal Greeting (singular)
| A | Wa reng ? | What's up ? [literally "what do you say"] |
| B | Go sharpu | OK |
Goodbye
| A | (Go siame rra) sala sentle | (OK sir) Goodbye [literally "stay well"] |
| B | (Go siame mma) tsamaya sentle | (OK madam) Goodbye [literally "leave well"] |
Informal Goodbye
| A | Boroko mma | Goodnight madam |
| B | Robala sentle rra | Sleep well sir |
