Fashion & Clothing

1. Lea go dát mu sturrodagas?

   Is this in my size?

   Usage

   Hold the garment up and ask whether it comes in your size

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence from known words and a known pattern. The question is made by adding the particle go to the verb lea. Sturrodagas is the locative of sturrodat "size" and means "in the size of"

2. Dát lea beare čavgat

   This is too tight

   Usage

   Tell the shop assistant that a garment is too tight

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence from known words and a known pattern. Beare before an adjective means "too". The adjective agrees in number with the subject; here the subject is singular

3. Dát lea beare loažžat

   This is too loose

   Usage

   Tell the shop assistant that a garment is too loose

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence from known words and a known pattern. Loažžat is an adjective meaning loose or slack. It has not been checked by a native speaker, so gesture if it is not understood

4. Dát lea beare guhkki

   This is too long

   Usage

   Say that a hem or sleeve is too long

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence from known words and a known pattern. Guhkki "long" is used as a predicate, as in dictionary examples

5. Dát lea beare oanehaš

   This is too short

   Usage

   Say that a hem or sleeve is too short

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence from known words and a known pattern. Oanehaš is an adjective meaning short; it is also used for short duration

6. Mas dát lea ráhkaduvvon?

   What is this made of?

   Usage

   Ask what a garment is made of; it works for other goods too

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence from known words and a known pattern. Mas is the locative of the question word mii; a dictionary example has mas ... ráhkaduvvon. The question word comes first

7. Sáhttá go dán bassat mašiinnas?

   Can this be washed in a machine?

   Usage

   Ask whether the garment can go in a washing machine when the care label is unclear

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence from known words and a known pattern. An impersonal "is it possible to…" form. Dán is the accusative of dát. The locative of mašiidna "machine" is mašiinnas, with a consonant change

8. Man ollu dát máksá?

   How much is this?

   Usage

   Ask the price while pointing at a garment without a tag

   Grammar Note

   A pattern found in dictionary examples. Máksit means both "to pay" and "to cost"

9. Lea go vuoládus?

   Is there a discount?

   Usage

   Ask whether there is a discount or reduction

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence from known words and a known pattern. Vuoládus matches Finnish "alennus" (discount) in one dictionary but is glossed "decrease" in the Norwegian one, so it has not been checked by a native speaker

10. Mun válddán dán

    I'll take this

    Usage

    Say it when you have decided to buy, holding up the item

    Grammar Note

    Close to the dictionary example Mun válddán dán, don fas dien. Váldit means "to take", and in a shop it means choosing the item

11. biktasat

    Clothes

    Usage

    The word for clothes, for finding the clothing section or talking about garments

    Grammar Note

    A plural noun for clothes in general. A dictionary example has Biktasat eai gávdnon albma sturrodagas "the clothes were not found in the right size"

12. báidi

    Shirt

    Usage

    Use it when looking for a shirt

    Grammar Note

    Nominative singular noun. One dictionary also lists "sweater", so show the type with a gesture

13. buvssat

    Trousers

    Usage

    Use it when looking for trousers

    Grammar Note

    Trousers take the plural form, as they do in English. A dictionary example is Buvssat leat alihat

14. skuovva

    Shoe

    Usage

    Use it when looking for shoes

    Grammar Note

    Nominative singular noun. The plural form is not given here

15. gahpir

    Cap / hat

    Usage

    Use it when looking for a cap or woolly hat

    Grammar Note

    Nominative singular noun, glossed in dictionaries as a cap or knitted hat

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