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"Tiervâ" is the standard Inari Sámi greeting used on meeting someone, equivalent to English "hello". It is a phatic opening, not a question about price or a farewell, and it carries no apology. Recognising it lets a listener respond appropriately at the start of an exchange.
"Maŋŋâ" literally relates to "after/later" and functions as a leave-taking formula when someone departs. It closes the interaction rather than demanding action. A listener should treat it as a goodbye and reply with a matching farewell.
"Peivi" means "day", and the interrogative "kuusâ" asks "which", so the phrase asks which day it is. The noun anchor is the key: it is a calendar question about the day, not about age or numbers of people.
The pattern combines a question word with a verb of wanting, so the speaker is asking what you would like. In a café setting this is the standard way a server invites an order. The other options would need place, time, or person question words.
These are the first three Inari Sámi cardinal numerals, so the speaker is counting upwards from one. Numerals appear in sequences and lack the noun labels that a list of days, people, or colours would include. Hearing the sequence tells you a count is in progress.
The sentence uses a first-person pronoun with the copula plus a place name marked by the locative ending -st, which expresses origin. So the speaker states where they come from. Direction toward a place and language use require different markers and vocabulary.
"Spellâ" is the word for money, so a price followed by it frames a payment request. In a market exchange the seller names the sum and signals that cash is expected. Availability, discounts, and opening times would each need their own distinct vocabulary.
The first-person pronoun plus the adjective for tired forms a simple state description, so the friend reports being tired. State adjectives like this attach directly to the pronoun without a separate verb. Hunger, cold, and lateness use different adjectives.
"Tijme" means "hour/time", so a numeral plus this word plus a clock reading schedules an event. Announcements of this shape tell listeners when something will occur. Prices, room counts, and company names would use entirely different nouns.
The verb form is future-oriented and the time adverb means "tomorrow", so the speaker promises to come the next day. Tense and time adverb must agree: past, present, and negative readings each require different forms of the verb or adverb.
The interrogative for "who" combined with the demonstrative "this" asks for the identity of a person shown or indicated. Identity questions about people use the person interrogative, not place, time, or reason words. The context of a photo simply supplies the referent.
A numeral plus a plural noun plus the copula yields an existence statement: there are two of the item named. The noun here refers to houses, and the plural verb agrees with the counted noun. Nothing in the utterance mentions age, residents, or distance.
The verb of hearing in a yes/no question asks the listener to confirm audibility, a routine check on a poor line. The question contains no place, time, or knowledge vocabulary. Recognising the hearing verb is what identifies the purpose.
The time expression "today" plus the copula plus a brightness adjective describes clear, bright conditions. Weather reports pair a time frame with a state adjective, so the adjective decides the element. Rain and snow would require precipitation verbs or nouns, and coldness a different adjective.
The imperative of following plus the pronoun "me" instructs listeners to follow the speaker, which in a language class means repeating the model. The instruction names following a person, not handling books, leaving, or writing. Imperative forms mark classroom routines clearly.
A body-part noun combined with a hurting verb forms a question about pain location, typical in a health consultation. The combination points to the site of discomfort rather than to residence, instructions, or dispensing. Listeners should answer by naming the body part.
The verb of going plus a place form in a yes/no question asks whether a route serves a destination. At a stop, this is how travellers confirm a bus reaches their stop. Fare, departure time, and the driver's residence all need different vocabulary.
The motion verb for coming plus the directional word for "inside" forms a welcoming invitation to enter. It is a polite formula at the threshold, not a house rule or a dismissal. Shoe removal or locked doors would need separate nouns and verbs.
The negative verb plus the negative form of the copula plus the adverb "no longer/any more" yields "I am no longer here". Inari Sámi negation uses a special negative verb that inflects for person, and the adverb carries the change of state. The sentence asserts absence after a change, not location at home or completion.
The negative verb with the first-person pronoun negates knowing, and the following clause uses the person interrogative "who" with the copula. Together they mean the speaker lacks knowledge of that person's identity. Place, time, and coming would each require different interrogatives or verbs.
"Ovdil" means "before", so the clause it introduces is earlier in time than the past-tense action it attaches to. Discourse markers of this kind order events, and listeners must place the subordinate event earlier. Simultaneity, future placement, and non-occurrence would need other markers or negation.
The negative verb with a belonging or hearing-related verb plus a place in an origin-type case expresses non-membership of that community. The construction denies an affiliation rather than reporting travel, authority, or departure. Negation scopes over the relationship, not over an event.
The negative verb plus the ability verb plus the hearing verb plus the pronoun forms "I cannot hear you". Ability is expressed with a modal-like verb that the negative element governs. Disagreement, repetition, and requests to stop would use different verbs and particles.
Postpositions in Inari Sámi follow the noun and take a case form on that noun; the postposition used here expresses position behind. The house is the reference point, and the object is located relative to it. Containment, possession, and size comparison each use different postpositions or structures.
The demonstrative "taan" points to the item at hand, and "viehâ" describes a low price, so the shopkeeper is commenting on how cheap the article is. The utterance contains no word for sold out, damaged, or set aside, so those readings have no support in the phrase.
The verb form "puáđám" is a first-person future/ongoing form meaning 'I come/am coming', and "aađhijd" places the event tomorrow. Together they announce a planned arrival on the following day.
The interrogative "mist" asks 'where from/where', and "kodde" refers to a place or location. The question therefore asks the location shown in the picture, not its age, photographer, or size.
The sentence pattern links the subject to an evaluative adjective plus an infinitive-like verb of reading, so it praises the person's reading ability. It does not identify an occupation, a feeling, or an object owned.
The imperative "puáđu" means 'come' and "sisa" means 'in, inside', so the speaker invites the listener indoors. The added comment reinforces that it is warm or pleasant inside.
The phrase combines "uđđâsfiärrán" (news) with a verb of beginning, so the host is introducing a news segment. A song, a warning, or a commercial would each require different vocabulary.
The connective "tastko" introduces a reason, and the clause describes a state of being tired or worn out. The speaker is thus giving the cause behind what was just said.
The count of two hours followed by 'half' yields the reading 'two and a half', that is, half past two. The phrase names hours plus a fraction, not minutes before the hour.
The numerals attach in order to the nouns that follow them: the first noun is the tree word with 'two', the second is the lake word with 'one'. Listeners must match each numeral to its nearest noun.
The negated verb of hearing plus the adverb 'well' states that the speaker does not hear the other person properly. This points to poor audio quality rather than a wrong number or a recording.
The verb forms show a third person going first and a first-person plural or accompanying form following, with the postposition 'after/behind' marking order. The sentence thus describes movement in sequence.
The opening phrase negates 'worry', and the second clause states that the speaker takes or handles the thing. The overall effect is reassurance that the speaker will deal with it.
The bulletin names two qualities of the morning: one word for brightness or light and one for cold. Listeners should map each adjective onto the reported conditions rather than assume precipitation.
The instruction is a verb of shutting applied to the book, with a negated second verb clarifying that something should not be done. The expected action is therefore to close the book.
The clause opened by the conditional particle sets up a hypothetical arrival, and the main clause states what will then hold for the speaker. The relationship is conditional, not temporal-past or comparative.
The negated verb of hearing explains the switch to writing introduced by the causal connective. The speaker chooses writing because oral communication does not reach the other person.
«Päikki» is the Inari Sámi noun for a place or spot, a common element in place names and locational phrases. The other meanings belong to unrelated everyday vocabulary.
«Mon» is the first-person singular pronoun and «lam» is the matching present-tense form of the verb 'to be', so the clause means 'I am'. This makes the sentence a self-description in the first person.
Inari Sámi marks the direct object of a transitive verb with the accusative case. The genitive marks possession, the essive marks a state, and the comitative marks accompaniment.
«Tälvi» is the Inari Sámi word for winter, and the clause states that it is winter now. The other seasons have different lexical items.
«Kyeđgi» is the Inari Sámi noun for a stone or rock, frequent in descriptions of terrain. The other options are unrelated everyday nouns.
«Kii» is the interrogative pronoun 'who' and «lii» is the third-person singular of 'to be', so the phrase asks 'who is'. It introduces an identification question.
The plural accusative of Inari Sámi nouns is regularly formed with the ending -id. The other endings belong to different cases or functions.
«Tiervâ» is a standard Inari Sámi greeting, used when meeting someone. It is not a warning or an administrative notice.
The ending -ân on «škooulân» is the illative, which expresses motion into or to a place. The sentence therefore describes going to school.
The ending -st marks the elative, which with time expressions indicates the point from which something begins. Here it gives the starting time of an action.