Affirmatives
- yui : yes
- ukio : alright, ok
- né : no, not (né can also be used as a negator)
- shikyo-né : no!, surely not!
Unsorted
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Greetings
- ata : to welcome, to greet
Common Greetings
| Taki Zoraï
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Basic Meaning
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| kami li'ata
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welcome (informal)
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| kami zo'ata
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welcome (formal)
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| kamia'ata
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hello (lit. the Kami greet you)
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| ata'kami*
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hello (lit. I greet the Kami)
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| kamia'ata miko-ito
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hello homins (the Kami greet you homins)
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| woha
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hello! (upon arrival)
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| woha mik'ito
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hello homins
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| mata
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hey (initiating conversation)
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| mata zinkéan
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I'll be there in a second
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| ataa
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I'm back (remplace le « re »)
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| mata waki
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see you later
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| mata né'puké
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goodbye, bye for now
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| mata nékéan
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farewell
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| mata Zora
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goodbye (on se retrouve à Zora)
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| mata yumé
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goodnight (lit. we meet in dreams)
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| lao'zénui
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sleep well
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* This is in reponse to "kamia'ata"
Inquiry
| Taki Zoraï
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Basic Meaning
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| lao né lao |
How are you? (lit. "(You) well or not well?")
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| y lu |
and you?
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| lao |
well
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| li'lao |
very well
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| zo'lao |
great
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| né lao |
not well
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| né li'lao |
not very well
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Note: Lao, li'lao, zo'lao, né lao and né li'lao in this context can be translated as "I am well", "I am very well", etc.
Polite Phrases
- kai'bini : please
- ari'kami : thank you
- kami'ari : you're welcome
- népai : no problem, no worries
- iko : well done!
- toub : blast!, damn!
- ochi kami no : such are the demands of the Kami, it's the will of the Kami
- guzu : pardon, sorry
- fuu'guzu no : my apologies
Titles
Note: These words are appended to a proper noun, eg. Wyler yama, Qu-Bin Hon kito, etc
- kito : homin (masculine), sir, mister
- miko : homin (feminine), mistress, her ladyship
- yama : juvenile homin (masculine, Tryker
- yaza : juvenile homin (feminine), miss
- poko* : child
- goro : brat
- zaki : darling, beloved (masculine)
- suki : darling, beloved (feminine)
- gia : bane
- kwaï : the masked, Zoraï (used as a sign of respect and recognition to a Zoraï)
- né-kwaï : the never masked, the unmasked (perjorative term for non-Zoraï. A similar term "né-Kwaï'i" is usually not considered perjorative)
- mik'ito : homins, ladies and gentlemen (used for friends or acquaintances)
- miko-ito : men, women (more formal than mik'ito)
- yama'za : the youth
* Can be used as a diminutive suffix
References
Zoraï Language