Airport & Customs

1. Čájet munnje du pássa

   Show me your passport

   Usage

   For asking someone to show their passport at a check. North Sami has no single word for "please", so the plain imperative is used

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence from known words and a known pattern. Čájet is the 2sg imperative of čájehit "to show"; du is the genitive of don "you". Addressing two or more people needs different verb forms

2. Gos lea girdišillju?

   Where is the airport?

   Usage

   For asking where the airport is. The last word can be swapped for other places

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence from known words and a known pattern. The question word comes first, in the pattern Gos lea …?. Girdišillju is a compound of girdit "to fly" and sadji "place" and is listed in dictionaries as "airport"; girdihámman is also used

3. pássa

   Passport

   Usage

   A word to point at when passport is needed, for example at a check-in desk

   Grammar Note

   A noun; North Sami has no gender or articles. The same form pássa is used as an object (as in pássa ja ruđaid "the passport and the money")

4. Mus lea pássa

   I have a passport

   Usage

   To say you have your passport when asked

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence from known words and a known pattern. "To have" is expressed as "at me there is" (Mus lea …). Mus is singular "I"; for two people or a group the pronouns change

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