Norfuk/Pitkern is a creole language, spoken on Norfolk Island and Pitcairn Island.
Pronunciation guide
[edit]Vowels
[edit]- A
- E
- I
- O
- U
Consonants
[edit]All English consonants except 'x' and 'v' exist in Norfuk.
Common diphthongs
[edit]Phrase list
[edit]Basics
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Common signs
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- Hello.
- Wataweih. (Wha-tah-weaih)
- Hello. (informal)
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- How are you?
- Wat a weih yu ?( ?)
- Fine, thank you.
- Fain, thaenk yuu. ( )
- What is your name?
- Waa es yus neim? ( ?)
- My name is ______ .
- Mais neim es ______. ( _____ .)
- Nice to meet you.
- Nais tu kechap. ( )
- Please.
- Pliis. ( )
- Thank you.
- Thaenk yuu. ( )
- You're welcome.
- Yuu're welkam. ( )
- Yes.
- Ye. ( )
- No.
- Noe. ( )
- Excuse me. (getting attention)
- Skyuus me. ( )
- Excuse me. (begging pardon)
- Skyuus me. ( )
- I'm sorry.
- I es sohri. ( )
- Goodbye.
- Guud bai. ( )
- Goodbye. (informal)
- Bai. ( )
- I can't speak Norfuk [well].
- Ai ken nor tork Norfuk.
- Do you speak English?
- Yu tork Inglish?
- Is there someone here who speaks English?
- Es deya sambohdi ya huu tork Inglish?
- Help!
- Hiiwp! ( !)
- Look out!
- Lukaut! ( !)
- Good morning.
- Guud mornen. ( )
- Good evening.
- Guud desnait. ( )
- Good night.
- Guud nait. ( )
- Good night (to sleep)
- Guud nait. ( )
- I don't understand.
- I dunt andastaen. ( )
- Where is the toilet?
- Wesaid es daa klohset? ( ?)
- Can I pat your dog?
- Ken I pet yor dorg? ( )
- Is there a person here who speaks English?
- Es deya a salan hiya det torks Inglish?
Animals
[edit]- Cow
- Kau
- Horse
- Hoss
Problems
[edit]- The cow has fallen off the cliff!
- T' kau se deng orf t' klef!
- Leave me alone.
- Lub ai b'.
- Don't touch me!
- Dea nor tuch mi!
- I'll call the police.
- Ai wil kaul t' poliis.
- Police!
- Poliis!
- Stop! Thief!
- Stoep! Steela!
- I need your help.
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- It's an emergency.
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- I'm lost.
- I es lost. ( .)
- I lost my bag.
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- I lost my wallet.
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- I'm sick.
- I es sik. ( .)
- I've been injured.
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- I need a doctor.
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- Can I use your phone?
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Numbers
[edit]- 1
- wan ( )
- 2
- tuu ( )
- 3
- thrii ( )
- 4
- for ( )
- 5
- faiw ( )
- 6
- siks ( )
- 7
- sewan ( )
- 8
- eit ( )
- 9
- nain ( )
- 10
- ten ( )
- 11
- elewen ( )
- 12
- twelw ( )
- 13
- thertiin ( )
- 14
- fortiin ( )
- 15
- fiftiin ( )
- 16
- sikstiin ( )
- 17
- sewentiin ( )
- 18
- eitiin ( )
- 19
- naintiin ( )
- 20
- twentii ( )
- 21
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- 22
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- 23
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- 30
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- 40
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- 50
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- 60
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- 70
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- 80
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- 90
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- 100
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- 200
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- 300
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- 1,000
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- 2,000
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- 1,000,000
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- 1,000,000,000
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- 1,000,000,000,000
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- number _____ (train, bus, etc.)
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- half
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- less
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- more
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- first
- Ferst ( )
- second
- Sekan ( )
- third
- Therd ( )
Time
[edit]- now
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- later
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- before
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- morning
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- afternoon
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- evening
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- night
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Clock time
[edit]- one o'clock AM
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- two o'clock AM
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- noon
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- one o'clock PM
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- two o'clock PM
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- midnight
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Duration
[edit]- _____ minute(s)
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- _____ hour(s)
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- _____ day(s)
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- _____ week(s)
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- _____ month(s)
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- _____ year(s)
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Days
[edit]- today
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- yesterday
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- tomorrow
- morla
- this week
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- last week
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- next week
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- Sunday
- Sundieh ( )
- Monday
- Mandieh ( )
- Tuesday
- Tyuusdieh ( )
- Wednesday
- Wensdieh ( )
- Thursday
- Thersdieh ( )
- Friday
- Fraidieh ( )
- Saturday
- Setadieh ( )
Months
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- January
- Jenyuweri ( )
- February
- Febyuweri ( )
- March
- Maach ( )
- April
- Ieprel ( )
- May
- Mieh ( )
- June
- Juun ( )
- July
- Juulai ( )
- August
- Orgast ( )
- September
- Septembaa ( )
- October
- Oktobaa ( )
- November
- Nowembaa ( )
- December
- Disembaa ( )
Writing time and date
[edit]Colors
[edit]- black
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- white
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- gray
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- red
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- blue
- bloo ( )
- yellow
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- green
- poo-oo ( )
- orange
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- purple
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- brown
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Transportation
[edit]Bus and train
[edit]- How much is a ticket to _____?
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- One ticket to _____, please.
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- Where does this train/bus go?
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- Where is the train/bus to _____?
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- Does this train/bus stop in _____?
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- When does the train/bus for _____ leave?
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- When will this train/bus arrive in _____?
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Directions
[edit]- How do I get to _____ ?
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- ...the train station?
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- ...the bus station?
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- ...the airport?
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- ...downtown?
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- ...the youth hostel?
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- ...the _____ hotel?
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- ...the American/Canadian/Australian/British consulate?
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- Where are there a lot of...
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- ...hotels?
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- ...restaurants?
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- ...bars?
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- ...sites to see?
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- Can you show me on the map?
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- street
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- Turn left.
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- Turn right.
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- left
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- right
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- straight ahead
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- towards the _____
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- past the _____
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- before the _____
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- Watch for the _____.
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- intersection
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- north
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- south
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- east
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- west
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- uphill
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- downhill
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Taxi
[edit]- Taxi!
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- Take me to _____, please.
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- How much does it cost to get to _____?
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- Take me there, please.
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Lodging
[edit]- Do you have any rooms available?
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- How much is a room for one person/two people?
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- Does the room come with...
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- ...bedsheets?
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- ...a bathroom?
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- ...a telephone?
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- ...a TV?
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- May I see the room first?
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- Do you have anything quieter?
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- ...bigger?
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- ...cleaner?
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- ...cheaper?
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- OK, I'll take it.
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- I will stay for _____ night(s).
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- Can you suggest another hotel?
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- Do you have a safe?
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- ...lockers?
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- Is breakfast/supper included?
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- What time is breakfast/supper?
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- Please clean my room.
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- Can you wake me at _____?
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- I want to check out.
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Money
[edit]- money
- mani
- Do you accept American/Australian/New Zealand/Canadian dollars?
- Duu yuu daset Merikan/Ostrielyan/Nyuu Ziilan/Kanedian dohlas? ( )
- Do you accept British pounds?
- Duu yuu daset Britesh paunds? ( )
- Do you accept euros?
- Duu yuu daset yuuros? ( )
- Do you accept South African rands?
- Duu yuu daset Sauth Afrekan rands? ( )
- Do you accept credit cards?
- Duu yuu daset kredit kaads? ( )
- Can you change money for me?
- Ken yuu chienj mani f' me? ( )
- Where can I get money changed?
- Wesaid ken I get mais mani chienjd? ( )
- Can you change a traveler's check for me?
- Ken yuu chienj a travlaa's chek f' me? ( )
- Where can I get a traveler's check changed?
- Wesaid ken I get a travlaa's chek chienjd? ( )
- What is the exchange rate?
- Waa es daa exchienj reit? ( )
- Where is an automatic teller machine (ATM)?
- Wesaid es an ATM? ( )
Eating
[edit]- A table for one/two, please.
- A tiebl f' wan/tuu, pliis. ( )
- Can I look at the menu, please?
- Ken I luk at daa menyuu, pliis? ( )
- Can I look in the kitchen?
- Ken I luk en daa kitchn? ( )
- Is there a house specialty?
- Es deya a haus speshaltii? ( )
- Is there a local specialty?
- Es deya a loekl speshaltii? ( )
- I'm vegetarian.
- I es vejetariin. ( )
- I don't eat pork.
- I dunt iit hog. ( )
- I don't eat beef.
- I dunt iit biif. ( )
- I only eat kosher food.
- I uni iit koshaa wetls. ( )
- Can you make it "lite", please? (less oil/butter/lard)
- Ken yuu meik et "lait", pliis? ( )
- fixed-price meal
- fiksd-prais kamiit ( )
- a la carte
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- breakfast
- brekfes ( )
- lunch
- lanch ( )
- dinner
- dena ( )
- supper
- dena ( )
- I want _____.
- I want ______. ( )
- I want a dish containing _____.
- I want a dish gatiin ____. ( )
- chicken
- faul ( )
- beef
- biif ( )
- fish
- fesh ( )
- seafood
- sii wetls ( )
- ham
- ham ( )
- sausage
- sosej ( )
- cheese
- chiis ( )
- eggs
- iegs ( )
- salad
- saled ( )
- (fresh) vegetables
- (fresh) vejtabls ( )
- (fresh) fruit
- (fresh) fruut ( )
- bread
- bred ( )
- toast
- toest ( )
- noodles
- noodls ( )
- rice
- rais ( )
- beans
- biins ( )
- pizza
- piisa ( )
- curry
- kurii ( )
- May I have a glass of _____?
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- May I have a cup of _____?
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- May I have a bottle of _____?
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- coffee
- kohfii ( )
- tea (drink)
- tii ( )
- juice
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- water
- worta ( )
- (bubbly) water
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- (still) water
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- beer
- biya ( )
- red/white wine
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- May I have some _____?
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- salt
- solt ( )
- black pepper
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- butter
- butaa ( )
- Excuse me, waiter? (getting attention of server)
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- I'm finished.
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- It was delicious.
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- Please clear the plates.
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- The check, please.
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Bars
[edit]- Do you serve alcohol?
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- Is there table service?
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- A beer/two beers, please.
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- A glass of red/white wine, please.
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- A pint, please.
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- A bottle, please.
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- _____ (hard liquor) and _____ (mixer), please.
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- whiskey
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- vodka
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- rum
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- water
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- club soda
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- tonic water
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- orange juice
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- Coke (soda)
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- Do you have any bar snacks?
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- One more, please.
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- Another round, please.
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- When is closing time?
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- Cheers!
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Shopping
[edit]- Do you have this in my size?
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- How much is this?
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- That's too expensive.
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- Would you take _____?
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- expensive
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- cheap
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- I can't afford it.
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- I don't want it.
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- You're cheating me.
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- I'm not interested.
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- OK, I'll take it.
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- Can I have a bag?
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- Do you ship (overseas)?
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- I need...
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- ...a computer.
- a' kompyuuta
- ...toothpaste.
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- ...a toothbrush.
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- ...tampons.
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- ...soap.
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- ...shampoo.
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- ...pain reliever. (e.g., aspirin or ibuprofen)
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- ...cold medicine.
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- ...stomach medicine.
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- ...a razor.
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- ...an umbrella.
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- ...sunblock lotion.
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- ...a postcard.
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- ...postage stamps.
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- ...batteries.
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- ...a page.
- a' paij
- ...card
- kaad
- ...writing paper.
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- ...a pen.
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- ...English-language books.
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- ...English-language magazines.
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- ...an English-language newspaper.
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- ...an English-English dictionary.
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Driving
[edit]- I want to rent a car.
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- Can I get insurance?
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- stop (on a street sign)
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- one way
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- yield
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- no parking
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- speed limit
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- gas (petrol) station
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- petrol
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- diesel
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Authority
[edit]- I haven't done anything wrong.
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- It was a misunderstanding.
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- Where are you taking me?
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- Am I under arrest?
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- I am an American/Australian/British/Canadian citizen.
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- I want to talk to the American/Australian/British/Canadian embassy/consulate.
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- I want to talk to a lawyer.
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- Can I just pay a fine now?
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