quai	this/that
tgi?	who?
Tgi è quai?	Who is this/that?
quest um	this man
ils egliers	the glasses (spectacles)
cun egliers	wearing glasses, with glasses
Quai è noss magister.	That/this is our teacher.
tge?	what?
Tge fa el qua?	What’s he doing here?
far	to do, to make
dar	to give
dar scola	to teach (Literally “to give school”; Romansh has many such idiomatic expressions using“dar”; you will learn them gradually as you proceed.)
El dat scola.	He teaches.
questa dunna	this woman
chavels	hair  (literally “hairs”; note the use of the plural in Romansh!)
cun chavels blonds	with blond hair
ses um	her husband
il curs da rumantsch	the Romansh course
tar tgi?	with whom? (See section 02.04 of our notes on grammar and usage.)
giuven, giuvna	young
la barba	the beard
lura, lu	then
spetgar	to wait
El spetga sin si’amia.	He is waiting for his girlfriend.
Nua stais vus?	Where do you live?
ils auters participants	the other participants
far ils exercizis	to do the exercises
in	a, an, one (masculine)
ina	a, an, one (feminine)
dus	two
la signura	the lady
El vul savair...	He wants to know...

 

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