===== First Contacts =====

^ FIRST CONTACTS ^ [b]PRIM KONTAKTOS[/b] ^
| Good morning, Sir! – Good evening, Madam! | [b]Bonid, Siro! – Bonser, Madam[/b] |
| Good night, Miss Wilson! | [b]Bonnox, Damel Wilson![/b] |
| Good-bye, my dear friend! | [b]Adeo, ma lib amik![/b] |
| See you soon again! | [b]Alvid![/b] |
| How are you? – I am not very well. | [b]Kom gar vu? – Mi no muy ben.[/b] |
| Very well, thank you. | [b]Muy ben, dank.[/b] |
| Allow me to introduce to you my brother. | [b]Me permu ve prezenti ma frat.[/b] |
| Delighted to make your acquaintance. | [b]Carmat fi va kono.[/b] |
| How do you do? | [b]Kom qar vu?[/b] |
| I am very pleased to meet you. | [b]Mi muy glada ve inkontri.[/b] |
| The pleasure is mine. | [b]Plazo mia.[/b] |
| Must you go already? | [b]Shar vu ja gi?[/b] |
| Please excuse me, I must go now. | [b]Pli me skuzu, mi shar nun gi.[/b] |
| Please! – Pardon! – I beg your pardon! | [b]Pli! – Pardon! – Pli pardonu![/b] |
| Would it trouble you to come and see me to-morrow? | [b]Ve disturbur veni me vidi kras?[/b] |
| I’ll be very pleased to see you again. | [b]Mi sor muy glada ve revidi.[/b] |
| Can I be of any use to you? | [b]Par mi ve si utila?[/b] |
| Can I do something for you? | [b]Par mi fi somo po vu?[/b] |
| Did I hurt you? – I am very sorry. | [b]Ve fir mi mal? Mi mul rigrar.[/b] |
| Don’t mention it! – It was my fault. | [b]No dey! – Sir ma kulpo.[/b] |
| There is no harm done. | [b]Nil lezo.[/b] |
| Yes; no; perhaps. | [b]Si; no; forse.[/b] |
| Certainly. Probably. | [b]Certe. Probable.[/b] |
| What is the matter? | [b]Ko oxar?[/b] ([b]Ka lo mat?[/b]) |
| What is the matter with you? | [b]Ko ve oxar?[/b] |
| I am all right, thank you! | [b]To me gar ben, dank![/b] |
| Quickly; slowly. – Hurry up! | [b]Vit; lente. – Astu![/b] |
| At once. – As soon as possible. | [b]Ilke. – Suneste.[/b] |
| On. – Above; upstairs. | [b]On. – Obe.[/b] |
| Under; downstairs. | [b]Sub; unte.[/b] |
| Nothing. Everything. | [b]Nilo. To.[/b] |
| Always; never; sometimes. | [b]Sem; ni; somyes.[/b] |
| Often. Seldom. | [b]Of. Rare.[/b] |
| When? – To-day. – Yesterday. | [b]Van? – Oje. – Yer.[/b] |
| The day before yesterday. | [b]Preyer.[/b] |
| To-morrow. – The day after to-morrow. | [b]Kras. – Dokras.[/b] |
| Next day. – The day before. | [b]Krasye. – Preide.[/b] |
| Where. – From. – To | [b]Vo. – Unde. – Qo.[/b] |
| Where are you? I am at home. | [b]Vo vu? Mi domye.[/b] |
| Where are you coming from? – From school. | [b]Unde venar vu? – Da skol.[/b] |
| Where are you going? To the station. | [b]Qo vu? Al stasyon.[/b] |
| Which is the way to the post-office? | [b]Voe postkontor?[/b] |
| Everywhere. – Nowhere. | [b]Toye. – Nilye.[/b] |
| I looked for you everywhere. | [b]Mi ve kirir toye.[/b] |
| I could not find you anywhere. | [b]Nilye mi pir ve tri.[/b] |
| Do you speak Neo? | [b]Near vu?[/b] |
| I can write and speak Neo; I cannot yet speak. | [b]Mi near skribe e lekte; nonok parle.[/b] |
| Does anybody here speak English? | [b]Anglalar somun ik?[/b] |
| I might understand you if you spoke slowly. | [b]Mi pur ve kompreni es vu parlur lente.[/b] |
| What does this word mean in French? | [b]Ke mindar et vort fransale?[/b] |
| I don’t speak French, but I speak Russian. | [b]Mi no fransalar, mo mi rusalar.[/b] |
| Do you know this man? | [b]Konar vu et vir?[/b] |
| I never saw him before. | [b]Mi ni le vidir pree.[/b] |
| I don’t know. – I will not. | [b]Mi no konar. – Mi no var.[/b] |
| I think so. – I don’t think so. | [b]Mi pensar ya. – Mi pensar no.[/b] |
| I can’t. – It seems to me. | [b]Mi no par. – Me parar.[/b] |
| You are right. – You are wrong. | [b]Vu raga. – Vu torta.[/b] |
| I am sure. – I don’t mind. | [b]Mi certa. – Me egala.[/b] |
| Here is, – are; there is, – are. | [b]Em.[/b] |
| Where are we? – Where are you going? | [b]Vo nos? – Qo nos.[/b] |
| Where are you going? (Quo vadis?) | [b]Qo tu?[/b] |
| Come with me. I’ll show you the way. | [b]Venu kon mi. Mi ve montror lo veg.[/b] |
| Are you ready? – I am not yet ready. | [b]Pronta vu? – Mi nonok ponta.[/b] |
| I am waiting for you. – I’m coming. | [b]Mi ve atendar. – mi venar.[/b] |
| I’m in a great hurry; I haven’t time to wait. | [b]Mi muy asta; mi no ar tempo atendi.[/b] |
| What is this? | [b]Ko eto?[/b] |
| This is a modern church. | [b]Sar un moderna klezo.[/b] |
| I don’t like it. – It looks like a ware-house. | [b]Mi no it libar. – Parar un ponadaro.[/b] |
| It is a matter of taste. | [b]Sar un qestyon de gusto.[/b] |
| Some people love this architecture. | [b]Somunos adorar et arkitektur.[/b] |
| What do you call this in Neo? | [b]Kom namar vu eto nee?[/b] |
| This is an international, untranslatable word. | [b]Sar un internasyona, notradukibla vort.[/b] |
| Would you like to see something else? | [b]Vur vu vidi somoso?[/b] |
| I don’t want anything else. | [b]Mi nesar niloso.[/b] |
| I prefer staying at home. | [b]Mi prifar resti domye.[/b] |
| You are wrong; there are some remarkable things to see. | [b]Vu torta; ye som rimarkayos videnda.[/b] ([b]som videndayos[/b]) |
| Well, I prefer seeing these things in the afternoon; let us go to a restaurant now; I am a little hungry. | [b]Ben, mi prifar vidi et kozos domide. Nos giu nun a un restorant. Mi epe onga.[/b] |
| Or take me to a cafeteria, please. | [b]O me a un kafeteria, pli.[/b] |