Food & Drinks

1. Okta gáffe

   One coffee

   Usage

   How to order in a café. North Sami has no single word for "please"; this on its own is a normal order

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence from known words and a known pattern. Gáffe is also spelled káffe. The numeral okta can stand directly before the noun

2. fállu

   Menu

   Usage

   Names the menu in a restaurant. It also means "offer, what is on offer"

   Grammar Note

   Noun. The stem changes inside sentences

3. Mun lean šattosborri

   I am a vegetarian

   Usage

   Tells the staff you are vegetarian when ordering. There is no gender marking, so it is the same for men and women

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence from known words and a known pattern. Šattosborri is a noun related to šattus "plant" and borrit "to eat". The subject mun may be dropped

4. Dát lei njálggis

   This was delicious

   Usage

   Said after a meal to give a compliment. "Delicious" is simply njálggis

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence from known words and a known pattern. In the present it is Dát lea njálggis; lea becomes lei in the past

5. Rehket

   The bill

   Usage

   Used to ask for the bill in a restaurant. It also means "invoice"

   Grammar Note

   Noun, used on its own as a request

6. Gos lea lagamus restoráŋŋa?

   Where is the nearest restaurant?

   Usage

   Asks for a nearby place to eat

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence from known words and a known pattern. Same pattern as Gos lea lagamus … "Where is the nearest …?" for a bus stop. Lagamus is a superlative

7. risen

   Rice

   Usage

   Cooked or uncooked rice. Also spelled ris

   Grammar Note

   Noun

8. láibi

   Bread

   Usage

   The basic word for bread

   Grammar Note

   Noun. It also forms compounds such as beasseláibi "flatbread"

9. vuostá

   Cheese

   Usage

   The noun for cheese. The same form is also a postposition meaning "towards, against"

   Grammar Note

   Noun. Context tells it apart from the identical postposition

10. miehta

    Honey

    Usage

    Means honey

    Grammar Note

    Noun

11. málli

    Soup

    Usage

    Means soup; also used for a thin stew

    Grammar Note

    Noun

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