Sightseeing

1. Gos lea lagamus musea?

   Where is the nearest museum?

   Usage

   Use it to find the closest museum before sightseeing

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence from known words and a known pattern. The pattern Gos lea …? with the question word first

2. Gos lea girku?

   Where is the church?

   Usage

   Ask where a church is, for example an old wooden church you want to see

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence from known words and a known pattern. Church names in Sápmi are often a town name plus girku, as in Guovdageainnu girku

3. Lea go musea rabas?

   Is the museum open?

   Usage

   Check whether the museum is open, before going or at the door

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence from known words and a known pattern. Yes/no questions put the particle go, written separately, after the verb (Lea go …?)

4. Sáhtán go govvet?

   May I take a photo?

   Usage

   Ask permission before photographing in a museum or a person

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence from known words and a known pattern. Sáhttit "can" followed by the infinitive; govvet is the verb "to photograph"

5. guovssahas

   Northern lights

   Usage

   The North Sami word for the aurora, seen in winter in northern Norway and Finland

   Grammar Note

   A noun for the northern lights in general

6. čájáhus

   Exhibition

   Usage

   The word for an exhibition at a museum or gallery

   Grammar Note

   A noun formed from the verb čájehit "to show"

7. mátkemuitu

   Souvenir

   Usage

   The word for something you buy as a keepsake of a trip

   Grammar Note

   Compound of mátki "trip" and muitu "memory". Traditional Sami handicraft is called duodji

8. oainnus

   View

   Usage

   The word for a view or outlook, used when talking about a scenic spot

   Grammar Note

   A noun that also works as an adjective meaning "visible"; same root as oaidnit "to see"

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