Religion & Temples

1. Gos lea lagamus girku?

   Where is the nearest church?

   Usage

   Asks where the nearest church is

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence from known words and a known pattern. The question word gos comes first, the same pattern as Gos lea lagamus …? "Where is the nearest …?"

2. Girkus lea ipmilbálvalus

   There is a service in the church

   Usage

   States that a church service is being held

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence from known words and a known pattern. The present-tense counterpart of the dictionary sentence Eahkedis lei ipmilbálvalus girkus "In the evening there was a service in the church". The locative ending -s means "in"

3. Lea go girku rabas?

   Is the church open?

   Usage

   Asks whether the church is open to visitors

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence from known words and a known pattern. Uses rabas "open" as in the dictionary sentence Gávpi lea rabas gaskaidjii "The shop is open until midnight"

4. Dát girku lea hui boaris

   This church is very old

   Usage

   A remark on seeing an old church

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence from known words and a known pattern. The adjective boaris means both "old" and "aged". Dát "this" stands before the noun; there are no articles

5. Lea go dáppe ortodoksalaš girku?

   Is there an Orthodox church here?

   Usage

   Asks whether there is an Orthodox church nearby; they are found in the Finnish part of Sápmi

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence from known words and a known pattern. The adjective ortodoksalaš stands before the noun girku. An adjective before its noun does not change form

6. Girkus lea jaskatvuohta

   It is quiet in the church

   Usage

   Conveys that quiet is expected inside a church

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence from known words and a known pattern. An "in X there is Y" sentence; jaskatvuohta "silence" is a noun formed from the adjective jaskat "quiet"

7. girku

   Church

   Usage

   Names a church; it also appears with place names, as in Guovdageainnu girku

   Grammar Note

   Noun in the nominative singular. North Sami has no articles or grammatical gender

8. ipmilbálvalus

   Church service

   Usage

   Names a church service

   Grammar Note

   Noun in the nominative singular. North Sami has no articles or grammatical gender. A compound of ipmil "god" and bálvalus "service"

9. kapealla

   Chapel

   Usage

   Names a chapel

   Grammar Note

   Noun in the nominative singular. North Sami has no articles or grammatical gender

10. girkogárdi

    Churchyard, cemetery

    Usage

    Names a churchyard or cemetery, a place to visit quietly

    Grammar Note

    Noun in the nominative singular. North Sami has no articles or grammatical gender. A compound of girku "church" and gárdi "enclosure"

11. báhppa

    Priest

    Usage

    Names a priest or minister of the church

    Grammar Note

    Noun in the nominative singular. North Sami has no articles or grammatical gender

12. rohkos

    Prayer

    Usage

    Names a prayer

    Grammar Note

    Noun in the nominative singular. North Sami has no articles or grammatical gender

13. ipmil

    God

    Usage

    Names God or a god

    Grammar Note

    Noun in the nominative singular. North Sami has no articles or grammatical gender

14. oskkoldat

    Religion

    Usage

    Names religion in general

    Grammar Note

    Noun in the nominative singular. North Sami has no articles or grammatical gender

15. juovllat

    Christmas

    Usage

    Names Christmas; the greeting is Buorit juovllat "Merry Christmas"

    Grammar Note

    A noun used in the plural. The greeting is Buorit juovllat "Merry Christmas"

16. beassážat

    Easter

    Usage

    Names Easter

    Grammar Note

    A noun used in the plural form

17. risttalaš

    Christian

    Usage

    An adjective for things connected with Christianity

    Grammar Note

    Adjective. Before a noun it does not change form

18. ortodoksalaš

    Orthodox

    Usage

    An adjective for things connected with the Orthodox church

    Grammar Note

    Adjective. Before a noun it does not change form

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