# Mirad/Conversation Lessons
## Lesson 1: Greetings (Dotsini)

| Mirad | English |
| Cu baka! | Hello! [Lit: "Be healthy."] |
| Gè et. | Hi. (in return) [Lit: "Equally you."] |
| Fijub! | Good day! |
| Fimaj! | Good morning! |
| Fiumaj! | Good evening! |
| Fimoj! | Good night. |
| Upu và!! | Welcome! [Lit: "Come indeed"] |
| Et ce odéna? | How are you? [Lit: "You are what-like"] |
| Et ce odbéna? | How are you? [Lit: "You are in-what-situation."] |
| At ce baka. | I'm fine. [Lit: "I am well."] |
| At ce fibéna. | I'm fine. [Lit: "I am in-good-situation."] |
| At ce ficana. | I'm fine. [Lit: "I am in-good-form."] |
| Ev coni fipe? | How are things? [Lit: "Are things going well?"] |
| Ád fipe. | Everything is going well. |
| Et se odà? | How are you doing? [Lit: "You do how?"] |
| At se fià. | I'm doing well. [Lit: "I do well." |
| Vò fia vò fua. | So-so. [Lit: "Not good not bad."] |
| Naztwe! | Thanks! [Lit: "It is appreciated."][naz = value] |
| Atu ifca. | You're welcome. [Lit: "It was a pleasure for me."] |
| À ev et? | And you? [Lit: "And whether you?"] |
| At gè ce baka. | I'm fine, too. [Lit: "I likewise am healthy."] |
| Od ce joga? | What's new. [Lit: What is new?"] |
| Ód. | Nothing. |
| Eta tod ce odéna? | How is your family? [Lit: "You family is what-way?"] |
| Ata tod ce ficana. | My family is fine. [Lit: "My family is in good shape."] |
| Cu baka!! | Goodbye!, Farewell! [Lit: "Be healthy."] |
| Gè et!! | Goodbye to you, too! [Lit: "Likewise you."] |

### Vocabulary Notes

   * bak = health
   * baka = healthy
   * cer = to be
   * cer baka = to be healthy, to be well
   * Cu baka!! [future/imperative] = Be well! Farewell! Hello!
   * At ce baka. = I'm fine. (= I am well.)
   * gè = equally, also, too, likewise
   * gè at = me too; I, as well
   * gè fia = equally good, also good
   * gebénu = in the same situation/manner
   * ev = Whether?; Is it true that?
   * od? = What?
   ** odà? = How? (-à = adverbial ending/"with")
   ** odéna? = How?, (Lit: what-wise?)
   ** odbéna? = How? (Lit: what-mannered?)
   ** odcana? = How? (Lit: what-shaped?)
   * av = for (prep), let, so that (conj.)
   ** Av it bakcu. = Let him be well. [Lit: "So that he be healthy."]
   * à = and (ò = but, è = or)
   * vo = no (va = yes, ve = maybe)
   ** vò = not (và = indeed, certainly, vè = possibly, may)
   ** vò fua = not bad
   ** At vè ce boka. = I may be ill.
   ** It và ce ficana. = He is really in good shape.
   * ód = nothing (ád = everything)
   * at = I, me
   * atu = to me, for me
   * ata = my, mine
   * et = you
   * etu = to you, for you
   * eta = your
   * it = he, him
   * itu = to him, for him
   * ita = his
   * can = shape, form, condition, state, status
   * fican = good shape, good form, good condition
   * ficana = in good shape, well, in good condition
   * ficana cer / fincancer = to be in good shape, to be fine
   * fucan = bad shape, bad condition
   * fucana cer / fucancer = to be in bad shape, to be unwell
   * odcana = in what shape, how
   * odcana ce... = How is...
   * bén = manner, situation
   * fia = good (fua = bad)
   * fibéna = in a good situation, fine
   * odbéna? = in what situation?, in what manner?, how?
   * ge = equal, same, as
   * gebéna = in the same situation, unchanged
   * naz = value
   * ter = to know
   * twer = to be known
   * nazter = to appreciate, to know the value, to be thankful
   ** naztwe. = (It) is appreciated [passive voice], thank-you, thanks
   ** Gla naztwe. = Much appreciated; Thank-you very much.
   * der = to say (...to [someone] = ...-u)
   * nazder = to express appreciation, to thank (+ ...-u)
   ** At nazda itu av ita és. = I thanked him for his work.
   * nazden = thanks, expression of appreciation

## Lesson 2: Getting Acquainted

| Mirad | English |
| At vàge [ad] et ijtu ata dat Ivan. | I'd like you to meet my friend, Ivan. [Lit: "I'd like that you be acquainted with..."] |
| Ce gla if ijter et. | Very pleased to meet you. [Lit: "It is a great pleasure to..."] |
| Od ce eta dún? | What's your name? |
| Ata dún ce Maria. | My name is Mary. |
| Odmu et tome? | Where do you live? |
| At tome New Yorku/erozáki udma. | I live in New York/two kilometers from here. |
| Et tome idmu ji od? | How long have you lived there? [Lit: "You live there since what?"] |
| At tome ida domu ji alo jabi. | I have lived in that city for 10 years. [Lit: I live in that city since...] |
| Od ce eta és? | What do you do for a living? [Lit: "What is your work?"] |
| At ése ge biktut. À ev et? | I work as a nurse. And you? |
| At eju keé és. | I am currently looking for work. |
| Ev et aé aga tod? | Do you have a big family? |
| Ata tedeti ce odjaga? | How old are your children? [Lit: "What-aged are..."] |
| Gajagat ce ale jaga à gajogat ce ú jaga. | The elder is twelve years old and the younger is nine. [Lit: "...is 12 of age...is 9 of age."] |
| Ev et gè ce tadca (or: tadaá)? | Are you also married? |
| Vo. At ce tadokca/tadónca/tadoá. | No. I'm widowed/divorced/unmarried. [Lit: "mate-lost/mate-separated/mate-less"] |
| Odmu et tija? | Where were you born? |
| At tija úb udem. | I was born near here. |
| Odju et emkála udmu? | When did you move here. [Lit: "....change location..."] |
| At pua ji e jabi. | I arrived four years ago. [Lit: "...since four years"] |

### Vocabulary Notes

   * ijter = to get to know, to become acquainted with, to meet (for the first time) (ijtat acquaintance)
   * ifcer/uifcer = to please/be pleased
   * tomer = to reside, to live, to make one's home
   * éser = to work
   * aér = to have
   * vàger = to wish, to like to (At vàge --er = I'd like to --)
   * dúncer = to be named, to be called
   * ser = to do, to make
   * keer = to seek, to look for (kaer = to find, koer = to hide)
   * tijer = to be born (tujer = to die)
   * tadcer = to get married
   * tadokcer = to be widowed
   * tadòcer = to be unmarried
   * emkáler = to relocate, to move (emkóler = to settle down)
   * puer = to arrive (pier = to depart)
   * jagcer = to get old, to age (jogcer = to get young)
   * dat = friend
   * tad = spouse, mate (tàd = wife, tadca married)
   ** tadokcat = widow(er)
   ** tadóncat = divore(e)
   ** tadoát = bachelor/bachelorette
   * tedet = offspring, son, daughter, child
   * tod = family
   * tom = residence, home = (tomu = at home)
   * dom = city (domu = in the city, in town)
   * és = work (ésu = at work)
   * jag = age (jaga = old, joga = young)
   * tij = birth (tuj = death, tej = life)
   * dún = name
   * job = time
   * jab = year (jabi = years, e jabi two years, udjabu this year)
   * ej = the present (eju at present, eja present)
   * em = place, space (emkáer to relocate)
   * jagat = young person (gajagat = cadet, younger one)
   * jogat = old person (gajogat = elder)
   * if = pleasure (Ca if. It was a pleasure.)
   * ja = before (jo = after, je = during)
   ** ja ej = ago [Lit: before the present]
   * ji = since (ju = until)
   ** ji od = since when, for how long (ji e jabi = for two years)
   * ga = more (go = less, ge = equal)
   * gla = very, much, many (glo = little, few, slightly)
   * úb = near to (íb = far from, úbem vicinity)
   * bu = to (bi = from)
   * udem = this place (ud(e)mu = here, ud(e)ma from here, od(e)mu? = where?
   * idem = that place (id(e)mu = there, id(e)ma from there)
   * udjob = the present (udj(ob)u = now, odj(ob)u? when?)
   * idjob = that time (idj(ob)u = then, ji id since then)
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