Public Transport

1. Guhte busse manná guovddážii?

   Which bus goes to the centre?

   Usage

   At a bus stop, to ask which bus goes to the centre

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence from known words and a known pattern. The question word guhte "which" comes first. The destination takes the illative: guovddáš "centre" becomes guovddážii

2. Goas vuolgá maŋimus busse?

   When does the last bus leave?

   Usage

   To ask when the last bus departs

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence from known words and a known pattern. The question word goas comes first. Maŋimus "last" stands before the noun; there are no articles

3. Goas vuolgá vuosttaš toga?

   When does the first train leave?

   Usage

   To ask when the first train departs

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence from known words and a known pattern. For "the next train" replace vuosttaš "first" with boahtte "next". Vuosttaš stands before the noun

4. Goas boahtá busse?

   When does the bus come?

   Usage

   At a stop, to ask when the bus arrives

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence from known words and a known pattern. The question word goas is followed by the verb, then the subject. Boahtá is the 3sg of boahtit "to come"; a plural subject would take boahtet

5. Man ollu bileahtta máksá?

   How much does a ticket cost?

   Usage

   To ask the price of a ticket

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence from known words and a known pattern. Built on the price question Man ollu dát máksá? with dát replaced by bileahtta. Máksá is the 3sg of máksit "to pay; to cost"

6. Man guhká mátki bistá?

   How long does the journey take?

   Usage

   To ask how long a trip takes

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence from known words and a known pattern. Man guhká asks about duration. Bistá is the 3sg of bistit "to last", commonly used with expressions of duration

7. Manná go dát busse girdišilljui?

   Does this bus go to the airport?

   Usage

   To check the destination before boarding

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence from known words and a known pattern. Yes/no questions start with the verb followed by the particle go, written as a separate word. Girdišillju "airport" takes the illative girdišilljui

8. Sáhtán go čohkkát dáppe?

   May I sit here?

   Usage

   To ask before sitting in a seat that may be taken

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence from known words and a known pattern. The permission pattern is Sáhtán go + infinitive. The infinitive čohkkát "to sit" is used as is. No fixed phrase for "is this seat taken" is used here, so this asks for permission instead. For two speakers use the dual moai, for three or more mii, and the verb changes too (only the singular is given here)

9. Mus lea bileahtta

   I have a ticket

   Usage

   To say you have a ticket, for example at a ticket check

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence from known words and a known pattern. There is no verb "to have"; possession is Mus lea … "at me is …". For two speakers use the dual moai, for three or more mii, and the verb changes too (only the singular is given here)

10. mátki

    Trip, journey

    Usage

    When talking about a journey or a trip

    Grammar Note

    Noun. Means a trip or a journey, as in Man guhká mátki bistá? "How long does the journey take?"

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