Indulgences

1. šuhkoláda

   Chocolate

   Usage

   The basic word for chocolate, a loanword in Sami spelling. The š is pronounced like English sh

   Grammar Note

   A noun. It is also the first part of compounds such as šuhkoládagáhkku "chocolate cake"

2. njálggis

   Sweets (candy)

   Usage

   As a noun it means sweets or candy. The same form is also an adjective meaning "tasty" (Dát lei njálggis, "That was tasty")

   Grammar Note

   A noun that has the same form as the adjective "tasty"; tell them apart by function in the sentence

3. lákcajiekŋa

   Ice cream

   Usage

   Ice cream. In a sample sentence: Lákcajiekŋa šolgá beaivvádagas, "Ice cream melts in the sunshine"

   Grammar Note

   A compound: lákca ("cream") + jiekŋa "ice"

4. suoskangumme

   Chewing gum

   Usage

   Chewing gum. "Sugar-free gum" is sohkarkeahtes suoskangumme

   Grammar Note

   A single compound word. keahtes marks "without" (sohkarkeahtes = sugar-free)

5. gáhkku

   Cake

   Usage

   Cake or a baked sweet. It often ends compounds, as in šuhkoládagáhkku "chocolate cake"

   Grammar Note

   A noun that forms the names of types of cake

6. šuhkoládagáhkku

   Chocolate cake

   Usage

   A chocolate-flavoured cake, made by joining šuhkoláda and gáhkku

   Grammar Note

   A compound: šuhkoláda ("chocolate") + gáhkku "cake"

7. miehta

   Honey

   Usage

   Honey, also used as a sweetener

   Grammar Note

   A noun

8. sohkar

   Sugar

   Usage

   Sugar. sohkarkeahtes means "sugar-free"

   Grammar Note

   A noun. Adding keahtes gives "without"

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