Palaipo h'Liti'a ... Sentences in LITI -(*Lee'-tee)

Beheme li tuatu h'liti'a! = Welcome to learning Liti!
O vo ka iva naui pu talihiti'a. = I hope you have fun with this course.
Ihia lolovo i'aka tova-tova ovai h'1969'e. = It was made by me way back in 1969.

Now, ENJOY!
Imatu, VAPO'ELE!

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Pava - (Pah'-vah) = Father
Mea - (May'-ah) = Mother

Ino'a - (Ee-noh'-ah) = Son
Ama'a - (Ah-mah'-ah) = Daughter

Ino'ava - (Ee-noh-ah'-vah) = Paternal Uncle
Ino'ea - (Ee-noh-ay'-ah) = Maternal Uncle

Ino'ava'a - (Ee-noh-ah-vah'-ah) = Paternal Great Uncle
Ino'ea'a - (Ee-noh-ay-ah'-ah) = Maternal Great Uncle

Ama'ava - (Ah-mah-ah'-vah) = Paternal Aunt
Ama'ea - (Ah-mah-ay'-ah) = Maternal Aunt

Ama'ava'a - (Ah-mah-ah-vah'-ah) = Paternal Great Aunt
Ama'ea'a - (Ah-mah-ay-ah'-ah) = Maternal Great Aunt

Ino'ava'a'ava - (Ee-noh-ah'-vah-ah-ah'-vah) = Great-Great Paternal Uncle
Ino'ea'a'ea - (Ee-noh-ay'-ah-ah-ay'-ah) = Great-Great Maternal Uncle

Ama'ava'a'ava - (Ah-mah-ah'-vah-ah-ah'-vah) = Great-Great Paternal Aunt
Ama'ea'a'ea - (Ah-mah-ay'-ah-ah-ay'-ah) = Great-Great Maternal Aunt

Ohina - (Oh-hee'-nah) = Cousins
Ohine - (*Oh-hee'-nay, plain word for cousin, is used in case side of family is unknown)

Ino'ava'ina - (Ee'-noh-ah-vah-ee'-nah) = Male Paternal Cousin
Ino'ea'ina - (Ee'-noh-ay-ah-ee'-nah) = Female Paternal Cousin

Ama'ava'ina - (Ah'-mah-ah-va-ee'-nah) = Male Maternal Cousin
Ama'ea'ina - (Ah'-mah-ay-ah-ee'-nah) = Female Maternal Cousin

Ino'o - (Ee-noh'-oh) = Brother
Ama'e - (Ah-mah'-ay) = Sister

Pahena - (Pah-hay'-nah) = Please - (*P'hay-nah)
Vakahu - (Vah-kah'-hoo) = Thank you - (*Vkah'-hoo)
Kaveve - (Kah-vay'-vay) = You're welcome - (*K'vay'-vay)

Auma losieu alaka'i? - ("AU , pronounced as OU in OUT or OUch! ") - (*Ou'-mah loh-syü ah-luh-kah'-ee?) = How are you? - (*How health of-you?)
Auma losieu alakai pava'i? - (How is your father?) - (Ou-mah loh-syü ah-luh-kai' pah-vah'-ee?)
Auma losieu alakai'ino'oi? - (How is your brother?) - (Ou-mah loh-syü ah-luh-kai' ee-noh-oy')
Auma losieu alakai mea? - (How is your mother?) - (Ou-mah loh-syü ah-luh-kai may'ah?)
Auma losieu alakai ama'ea'ina, Lorin? - (How is your maternal-female-cousin, Lorin?)

Auma tapena ovovo? - (*How this day going?) - (How's it going?)
Auma kaipena ovovo? - (*How your day going?)

L'hena vave'a tapena? - (*How weather this-day?) - (How's the weather today?)
L'hena o ahiti'u tapena? - (*How I look today?) - (How do I look today?) - (Luh-hay'-nah oh ah-hee'-tee-oo tah-pay'-nah?)

Ka hiti lapava! - (*You look marvelous!)
Ka hiti n'na-n'na be'i. (*You look not good - not "so" good)

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h'Palansai'a - Languages:

Pala h'engetau'a? - (Do you speak English?)
Pala h'faransai'a? - (Do you speak French?)
Pala h'doitau'a? - (Do you speak German?)
Pala h'niponsai'a? - (Do you speak Japanese?)
Pala h'denau'a? - (Do you speak Danish?)
Pala h'liti'a? - (Do you speak Liti?)
Pala h'rusa'a? - (Do you speak Russian?)
Pala h'polantau'a? - (Do you speak Polish?)
Pala h'panatau'a? - (Do you speak Spanish?)
Pala h'kinsai'a? - (Do you speak Chinese?)
Pala h'litalanau'a? - (Do you speak Italian?)

Ahe. - (Ah'-hay) = Yes.
N'na. - (Nuh-nah') = No.
Not, or Negative is; " n'na-n'na ", which is " NO " said twice. - (" Nuh-nah' - Nuh-nah' ", is pronounced quickly. Meaning in the negative. " Not ".)

Be'i = good
Heva = well
Imatu = now
Ilanu = later

Eti = it
Eto = he
Ete = she
Ka = you
Kai = you - plural
Enai = they
Emai = them
Evai = their
Evaia = their's
Akai = your
Ema = our
Etai = us
Emaia = ours

O pala heva. = I speak it well. - (*Note. You do not have to use " o ", meaning, " I ", if choose not to.)
O pala ____ , n'na-n'na ____ . = I speak ____ , not ____ .
Ahe, o pala ____ . = Yes I speak ____ .
N'na, o n'na-n'na pala ____ . = No, I do not speak ____ .
N'na, o pala n'na-n'na be'i. = No, I do not speak it well.
N'na, pala ____ . = No, I speak ____ .
N'na, o n'na-n'na ka po'i'po. = (Nuh-nah', oh nuh-nah'-nuh-nah' kah poh'-ee-poh) = No, I do not understand you.
N'na, o n'na-n'na po'i'po eti. = No, I do not understand it.
N'na, o pala n'na-n'na h'palansai'a tua. No, I do not speak that language at all.
Ahe, o pala eti'u, n'na-n'na vatua. = Yes, I speak it, but, not fluently.
O kemeli pala eti. = I will try to speak it.
Apu h'palansai'a eki'o. = May I hear the language?
O mu uvuti lahihi h'palansai'a imatu. = I am studying that language now.
O mu n'na-n'na vatu, u, pala oha. = I am not fluent, but, I do speak some.
O po'opo oha tipiti iu-iu'a. (Oh poh-oh'-poh oh'-hah tee-pee'-tee ee'-ooh-ee'-ooh-uh.) = I pronounce some words badly.
O po'opo tipiti h'liti'a mo'i hiveve! = I prnounce Liti words just fine!
O kono tehi-e-tehi. = I need practice though.

This = Ta
That = To
The other = Ilame
Here = Ivi
There = Evi
Above = Ovena
Below = Evena
By = Pa
Because = Ikilu
On the top of = Kukove
On the bottom of = Kukeve
On the right side of = Kuhole
On the left side of = Kuhele

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COUNTING IN LITI

Olo = 0
Ena = 1
Nia = 2
Love = 3
Tea = 4
Ki = 5

Ina = 6
Kia = 7
Hove = 8
Pea = 9
Ti = 10

Ti'ena = 11
Ti-nia = 12
Ti-love = 13
Ti-tea = 14
Ti-ki' = 15

Ti'ina = 16
Ti-kia = 17
Ti-hove = 18
Ti-pea = 19
Ni'i = 20

Ni'i'ena = 21
Ni'i-nia = 22

Love'i = 30

Tea'i = 40

Ki'i = 50

Ina'i = 60

Kia'i = 70

Hove'i = 80

Pea'i = 90

Elo = 100

Nilo = 200

Lovo = 300

Telo = 400

Kilo = 500

Inalo = 600

Kialo = 700

Hovo = 800

Pealo = 900

Enava = 1,000

Niava = 2,000

loveva = 3,000

Teava = 4,000

Kiava = 5,000

Inava = 6,000

Kiava = 7,000

Hovava = 8,000

Peava = 9,000

Ti'ava = 10,000

Ni'i'ava = 20,000

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1,000,000 = Enami'ilu
2,000,000 = Niami'ilu

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