# Ladino phrasebook

Ladino (גֿודֿיאו-איספאנייול / judeo-español / Ђудео-Еспањол in the Hebrew, Latin and Cyrillic scripts) is a Romance language spoken by the Sephardic Jews.
It is also spoken by minor Jewish communities in Turkey, Israel, the Netherlands, Greece, the United Kingdom, and the United States. For most of its speakers, today, Ladino is the second language.
A Western Romance language, Ladino is closely related to and mutually intelligible with Spanish. However, there are many loan words from Hebrew, Portuguese, Arabic, and Turkish.

## Pronunciation guide

Ladino spelling, like Spanish, has the pleasant characteristic of being very phonetic, with only a few clearly-defined exceptions. This means that if you know how to pronounce the letters of a word, it's relatively easy to sound out the word itself.

### Vowels
#### a

    like 'a' in "father".

#### e

    like 'e' in "met", although often taught as 'a' in "spain".

#### i

    like 'ee' in "see".

#### o

    like 'o' in "score", especially when stressed.

#### u

    like 'oo' in "hoop".

#### y

    like 'ee' in "see". Very rarely used at the middle or ending of words.

### Consonants
#### b

    like 'b' in "bed"

#### c

    'c' is solely used in combination as 'ch'.

#### ch

    like 'ch' in "touch": muncho

#### d

    like 'd' in "dog"

#### dj

    like 'j' in John. Djudezmo

#### f

    like 'f' in "fine": faro

#### g

    like 'g' in "good": ganyar

#### h

    like 'h' in "hit": haham

#### j

    like 's' in the "pleasure":judyo

#### k

    like 'k' in "kid": kilo

#### l

    like 'l' in "love": malo

#### m

    like 'm' in "mother": mano

#### n

    like 'n' in "nice": noche, ancla

#### p

    like 'p' in "pig": Pesah

#### r

    is pronounced as 'r' in Spanish: persona

#### s

    like 'ss' in "hiss": sopa

#### sh

    like 'sh' in "shining": yanashear

#### t

    like 't' in "top": Tora

#### v

    like 'v' in "valid": bever

#### y

    like 'y' in "yes": yuvyar.

#### z

    like 'z' in "zoo"

### Accents and stress
## Phrase list
### Basics
#### Hello/Hi

    Shalom (Shah-lom)

#### How are you? (informal)

    Ke haber? (KEH HA-bear)

#### How are you? (formal)

    Komo estash? (KOH-mo ehs-TASH?)

#### Very well, thank you

    Muy byen, grasyas. (MOOEY BYEHN, GRAH-syahs)

#### What is your name? (informal)

    Komo te yamas? (KOH-moh TEH YAH-mahs?)

#### What is your name? (formal)

    Komo vos yamash? (KOH-moh VOS YAH-mash)

#### Who are you? (informal)

    Ken [eres/sos]? (KEN EH-rehs?)

#### My name is ______

    Me yamo ______ (MEH YAH-moh _____ )

#### I am ______

    Yo so ______ (YO SO ______)

#### Nice to meet you

    Enkantado/a (ehn-kahn-TAH-doh/ehn-kahn-TAH-dah)

#### It's a pleasure to meet you

    Muncho plazer. (MOON-choh plah-zehr)

#### Please

    Por favor (POHR fah-vOHR)

#### Thank you

    Grasyas (GRAH-syahs)

#### You're welcome

    De nada (DEH NAH-dhah)

#### Yes

    Si (SEE)

#### No

    No (NOH)

#### Excuse me! (begging pardon)

    [Pardon/Perdon]! (pahr-DOHN/per-DOHN)

#### I'm sorry

    Lo syento (LOH SYEHN-toh)

#### Goodbye

    Adyo (ah-DYOH)

#### I can't speak Ladino (well)

    No (f)avlo (byen) ladino. (NOH (F)AV-loh (BYEHN) la-dee-noh)

#### Do you speak English? (informal)

    (F)Avlas inglez? ((F)AH-vlahs een-GLEHZ?)

#### Do you speak English? (formal)

    (F)Avlates inglez? ((F)AH-blah-tes oos-TEHD een-GLEHZ?)

#### Is there someone here who speaks English?

    Ay alguno ke (f)avla inglez? (I AHL-goo-noh KEH (F)AH-Vlah een-GLEHZ?)

#### Help!

    Ayuda! (ah-YOO-dah!)

#### Good morning

    Buenos diyas (BWEH-nohs DEE-ahs)

#### Good afternoon / Good evening

    Buenas tardes (BWEH-nahs TAR-dehs)

#### Good evening / Good night

    Buenas noches (BWEH-nahss NOH-chehss)

#### I don't understand

    No entyendo (NOH ehn-TYEHN-doh)

#### Where is the toilet?

    Ande esta el banyo? (AHN-deh ehss-TAH EHL BAH-nyoh?)

### Problems
#### Leave me alone.

    Deshame en paz. (DEH-shah-meh ehn PAHS)

#### Don't touch me!

    No me tokes! (noh meh TOH-kehs!)

#### Police!

    Polis! (poh-lees!)

### Numbers

½ - medio
0 - zero
1 - uno
2 - dos
3 - trez
4 - kuatro
5 - sinko
6 - sesh
7 - syete
8 - ocho
9 - mueve
10 - dyez