Beauty & Grooming

1. Gos lea vuoktačuohppi?

   Where is the hairdresser?

   Usage

   To look for a hairdresser. Vuoktačuohppi literally means "hair cutter"

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence from known words and a known pattern. A compound of vuokta "hair" and čuohppi "cutter", so it names the person; no dictionary word for the salon itself was found. With a plural subject the verb is leat (leat go …?)

2. Gos lea lagamus vuoktačuohppi?

   Where is the nearest hairdresser?

   Usage

   To look for the nearest hairdresser

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence from known words and a known pattern. The pattern is Gos lea lagamus …? "Where is the nearest …?". Lagamus is the superlative of lahka "near". With a plural subject the verb is leat (leat go …?)

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