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Basic Course
Unit 4

Unit 4
Basic Sentences

John
let you (polite) show me yasayyuñ
to show me ('to let you (polite) show me') liyasayyuñ
you (polite) can, are able yıcılallu
Could you please direct me to ('show me') a good hotel? ıbákıwo, dəhna hotel liyasayyuñ yıcılallu ↑

kəbbədə
(name of hotel) giyon
it seems yıməslal
it seems to me, I think yıməsləññal
Yes (I can). The Gion hotel seems good to me. áwo, giyon hotel dəhná yıməsləññal.

John
address adrašša
What's ('where is') the address? adraššaw yə́t nəw.

kəbbədə
taxi taksi
by taxi bətaksi
to go məhəd
You can go [there] by taxi. bətaksi məhəd yıcılallu.

John
O.K. ıšši
I'm calling, I'll call, I'm inviting, I'll invite ıTəralləhu
O.K. I'll call a taxi. ıšši. taksi̇́ ıTəralləhu.
Taxi! táksi.

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