Dietary & Allergies

1. Mun lean šattosborri

   I am vegetarian

   Usage

   Says that you do not eat meat

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence from known words and a known pattern. Šattosborri is a compound meaning "plant eater" (borri is "eater"). There is no grammatical gender, so it suits anyone

2. Mun in borra bierggu

   I do not eat meat

   Usage

   Says that you avoid meat

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence from known words and a known pattern. The negative verb in is conjugated and the main verb stays in its connegative form. The object is in the accusative. biergu becomes bierggu (consonant gradation)

3. Mun in borra guoli

   I do not eat fish

   Usage

   Says that you avoid fish

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence from known words and a known pattern. The negative verb in is conjugated and the main verb stays in its connegative form. The object is in the accusative. guolli becomes guoli (consonant gradation)

4. Mus lea niehtteallergiija

   I have a nut allergy

   Usage

   Warns about a nut allergy when ordering food

   Grammar Note

   Possession is "Mus lea …" (at me there is …). niehtteallergiija is a compound of niehtti "nut" and allergiija "allergy"

5. Mun lean allergiijalaš skálžoelliid vuostá

   I am allergic to shellfish

   Usage

   Warns seriously about a shellfish allergy

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence from known words and a known pattern. vuostá "against" is a postposition that takes the genitive. The sentence combines "allergic" with the "reacts against …" pattern

6. Mun lean muslima ja in borra spiinnebierggu

   I am Muslim and do not eat pork

   Usage

   Explains that you avoid pork for religious reasons

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence from known words and a known pattern. The negative verb in is conjugated and the main verb stays in its connegative form. The object is in the accusative. spiinnebiergu becomes spiinnebierggu

7. Mun in juga alkohola

   I do not drink alcohol

   Usage

   Turns down an offer of alcohol

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence from known words and a known pattern. The negative verb in is conjugated and the main verb stays in its connegative form. The object is in the accusative. It is the negative of Mun jugan gáfe "I drink coffee"

8. Lea go dus laktosakeahtes mielki?

   Do you have lactose-free milk?

   Usage

   Asks for lactose-free milk if dairy does not agree with you

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence from known words and a known pattern. -keahtes forms "without …" (as in glutenkeahtes "gluten-free"). Dus lea … means "you have …". Written for one addressee

9. Lea go dus glutenkeahtes fállu?

   Do you have a gluten-free menu?

   Usage

   Asks for a gluten-free menu

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence from known words and a known pattern. -keahtes forms "without …". fállu is "what is offered" and also serves as "menu". Written for one addressee

10. spiinnebiergu

    Pork

    Usage

    Names a food that you cannot eat

    Grammar Note

    A compound whose second part is biergu "meat". As an object it becomes spiinnebierggu

11. guolli

    Fish

    Usage

    Names fish as a food

    Grammar Note

    Nominative singular. As an object it becomes guoli (consonant gradation)

12. manni

    Egg

    Usage

    Names egg as a food

    Grammar Note

    Nominative singular. The same form is also an inflected form of the verb mannat "to go"

13. niehtti

    Nut

    Usage

    Names an allergen when explaining an allergy

    Grammar Note

    Nominative singular. In compounds it takes the form niehtte- (as in niehtteallergiija)

14. eananiehtti

    Peanut

    Usage

    Names an allergen when explaining an allergy

    Grammar Note

    A compound of eana "ground" and niehtti "nut"

15. skálžoealán

    Shellfish

    Usage

    Names an allergen when explaining an allergy

    Grammar Note

    Nominative singular. Related to skálžu "shell"; in sentences it appears inflected, e.g. skálžoelliid

16. soija

    Soy

    Usage

    Names soy as an ingredient

    Grammar Note

    Nominative singular. A loanword related to Norwegian soya

17. alkohola

    Alcohol

    Usage

    Names alcohol when saying what you avoid

    Grammar Note

    Nominative singular. Also appears in alkoholkeahtes "alcohol-free"

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