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Some everyday phrases for
dwarves...
‘Th’ and ‘dh’ are not
the English ’th’ but rather a ‘t’ or ‘d’ followed by a noticeable
‘h’... the same goes for ‘kh’, and ‘gh’, whereas ‘sh’ is like
the english ‘sh’, and ‘zh’ is voiced like the french ‘garage’ and
‘ch’ sounds like the ch in ‘chance’, j like ‘jean’
Good morning à good begin à mazhor zur tajid
Good evening à good end à tangor zur tajid
Sleep well
à sleep deep à durm tsadik
How are you? à how you? Kams kuno /kuna? (m/f) gender
of addressee
I am fine, thanks à i good, thank you à ano
/ ana tajid gender of speaker
Cheers à to Mahal’s blessing à kwamot
Mahal!
Welcome
--à
à Varkin
Goodby à go well à nuz°n tajid 2.pers.sing...I
somehow feel that dwarfs are not much for forms of politeness... ° is empty
vowel inserted with difficult vowel combinations...
See you soon à I will see you (singl) soon......à liltalchusokuno raks (m/m)
liltalchusokuna raks (m/f)
liltalchusakuno raks (f/m)
liltalchusakuna raks (f/f)
it is important to pay attention not only to speaker but also to addressee...
I love you à
à tamresokuna (m/f) tamresakuno
(f/m)
Waiter, another one of these! à waiter one more of theseà Mukzakan! Hur akthal lam zarân!
Enjoy your meal à merkh mumtankunno/a

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