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Expressions of farewell:
"God be your protector"
xudau aufiz
"Be in God's safety" bau maunt
xudau
General expressions:
"Don't get tired" maunda nabaushi
"Go ahead" (polite form) bufer-mauyen
"If God wills" inshaulau
"It doesn't matter" parwau nes
"Please" merabauni kada (or) lutfan
"Thank you" tashakur
"Sir" sauib
"Mister" (at end of names) xaun
"Yes" balé
"No" ne
The Present and Future Tense of the Verb:
"I do, I shall do" mekonum
"We do, we shall do" mekonem
"You do, you will do" mekoni
"You do, you will do" mekonen
"He, she, it does, will do" mekona
"They do, they will do" mekonan
The verb "to be" with personal pronouns is as follows:
"I am" ma astum
"We are" mau astem
"You are" tu asti
"You are" sumau asten
"He, she, it is" u as
"They are" uau astan
The following are some useful question and answer patterns:
"What is this?" i cis?
"This is bread." i naun as.
"What do you want?" ci mexaui?
"I want water." au mexauyum.
"Where is the hotel?" otal kojaus?
"The hotel is there." otal ujaus.
The following are the numbers:
(1) yak
(2) du
(3) se
(4) cor
(5) panj
(6) sas
(7) aft
(8) ast
Roughly two thirds of characters agree with a modern printed edition of the same text. Much of the disagreement is editorial, not misreading. Treat the transcription as a finding aid and read the page image before quoting. How this was measured.