Mis Hio/Idioms

Words in this vocabulary are given in their linked form that corresponds to the English part of speech. Nouns are given in their bare forms; add -u to the first word to use them as objects or -o to get the genitive form.

OPERATIONS
come – tia

get – tia quakti

give – hara, hara quakti

go – mia, mia lai nou (by foot)

keep – mira, mira quakti

let – lia; lia kikti

make – pâ

put – nâ

seem – sana sikki

take – hâ

be – tea (something), kua (someone), nâ (somewhere)

do – pâ

have – quâ

say – hia

see – sia

send – lia mikti; (to someone) lia mikti quakti

may – kia

about – sakti (-u)

talk to N about M – hia sakti M-u N sâ

across – poi quuo; pokti quuo

after – sori (-o)

against – queti (-u, -ti)

among – nî lano (-o)

at – nai (-o)

before – soi (-o)

between – pori (-o e -o)

between N and M – N pora lena M pora leta

down – plerti

from – niksi, naksi; (since) toksi

in – nia

on, over – plei (-o)

through – pua (-u)

to – nakti (-o)

under – pleri (-o)

up – plekti

with – lani (-o)

as – sani (-u)

for – quakti; (use the -ti link)

till – tokti (-o, -a)

than – more than: ploi (plori)

all, every – pana

any – nera

little – plora, (few) quâ manu plora, quâ matu

much – mani, roi; (Adj) mana, qua manu plou, qua manu

no – nea; quara

other – quuo

some – pata

such – kai

that – kara

this – kâ

I – mu

he – ku

you – tu

who – ku hoa

and – e

because – (use the -si link)

but – oi

or – ai

if – (use -sia -si for subjunctive and -tia -si for conditional)

while – toi

how – hoi

when – toi hoa

where – nai hoa

why – ho lia -ti

again – quui; toi quuo

ever – (sometime) pati, toi pata; (forever) pani, toi pana

far – nai mio quoa (from: mi naksi -o)

forward – sokti

here – nai kâ

near – nai mio quora (from: mi naksi -o)

now – toi kâ

out – nirti

still – kakti, (til now) tokti kâ

then – toi kara

there – nai kara

together – lani (with: -u, -o)

well – loi

almost – sani quoti

enough – quoti; squi plou; (N) man quota

not – nei; (generally use s'-)

only – kei

quite – pliri; loi

so – kai; misi kâ

very – roi

tomorrow – toi suno to tia

yesterday – toi suno to tirsa

north – pin plua

south – pin plura

east – pin pleo teno suno

west – pin plero teno suno

please – mu hia loi

yes – loa; kena; ka kena; mu hia sani