In our vocabulary sections, the terms are given in roughly the order in which they occur in the unit.
 
 
 

il magister	the teacher (male)
la magistra	the teacher (female)
il participant	the participant (male)
la participanta	the participant (female)
Buna saira	Good evening
il num	the name
Jau hai num...	My name is .... (literally: “I have name ...”)
E vus?	And you?
Co?	How?
Co avais vus num?	What is your name?  (literally: “How do you have name?”)
avair	to have
avair num	to be called (literally: “to have name”)
gea	yes
na	no
Tgi da vus ha num Anita?	Who of you is called Anita?
la giuvna	the young lady, Miss
il signur	the gentleman, Mr
la dunna	the woman, Mrs
Perstgisai!	Sorry! Excuse me!
Essas vus dunna Alig?	Are you Mrs Alig?
esser	to be
Danunder essas vus?	Where do you come from?
Jau sun da Zernez.	I come from Zernez.
l’Engiadina	Engadin  (The spelling “Engadine” is also sometimes found in English.)
l’Engiadina Bassa	Lower Engadin
l’Engiadin’Ota	Upper Engadin
Fa plaschair.	I am pleased (to get to know you).
Stais vus a Zernez?	Do you live in Zernez?
era [1]	still
era [2]	also, too
Jau stun a Cuira.	I live in Chur.
star	to live (in a place)
En tge via?	In which street?
la localitad	the place, the locality
simplamain	simply
en emprima lingia	primarily, first and foremost
pir suenter	only after
sper	near
cumplettar	to complete
È quai?	Is this?
Quai è ...	This is ...
mes bab	my father
mia mamma	my mother
il giuven	the young man
il scolast	the teacher (male) ("Magister/magistra" and "scolast/scolasta" are synomims, the former used more in the south of Graubünden, the latter more in the north.)
la scolasta	the teacher (female)
l’ami	the friend (male)
l’amia	the friend (female)
l’emploià	the employee (male)
l’emploiada	the employee (female)
l’um	the man, the husband
ils umens	the men, the husbands
ad uras	on time, punctual

 
 

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