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1. Lea go dáppe heaisa?

   Is there an elevator here?

   Usage

   Asks in a hotel or building when you need to avoid stairs

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence from known words and a known pattern. The question particle go follows the verb lea and is written separately

2. Gos lea heaisa?

   Where is the elevator?

   Usage

   Asks where the elevator is

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence from known words and a known pattern. The question word gos comes first, in the pattern Gos lea …?

3. Mun lean čalmmeheapme. Sáhtát go veahkehit mu?

   I am blind or have poor sight. Can you help me?

   Usage

   Tells people about your sight problem and asks for help

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence from known words and a known pattern. A yes/no question puts the particle go, written separately, after the verb. Written for one addressee. čalmmeheapme means "blind" and also covers poor sight

4. Mun lean guluheapme

   I am hard of hearing

   Usage

   Tells people that you have a hearing impairment

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence from known words and a known pattern. The ending -heapme forms "lacking …" (čalmmeheapme "blind" is built the same way)

5. Mun in sáhte vázzit guhkás

   I cannot walk far

   Usage

   Explains that you cannot manage long distances on foot

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence from known words and a known pattern. After the negative verb in, sáhte is the connegative form (as in ii sáhte). guhkás means "far, to a distance"

6. heaisa

   Elevator

   Usage

   The word for the lift one takes instead of stairs

   Grammar Note

   Nominative singular. A loanword from Norwegian heis

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