Tũwattu ki gom lager? “Are you feeling well?” In this lesson we will look at Rohingya words and expressions related to feelings: happy, well, tired, sick, …
In Rohingya, the subject, whether it is a noun or a pronoun, will take the ablative form, when used with the verb lage “to feel” to express feeling. For example:
| Tũwattu ki gom lager? | "Are you feeling well?" |
| Ãttu gom lager. | "I am well." |
| Bobottu buk lager ne ki? | "Is Bob hungry?" |
| Oi, hitattu buk lager. "I feel hungry." | "Yes, he is hungry." |
| Ãrattu oran lager. | "We feel tired." |
| Hitarattu kuši lager ne? | "Are they happy?" |
| Hitarattu kuši lager. | "They feel happy." |
| Ãttu fanir tireš lager. | "I feel thirsty." |
| Q: | Tũwattu ki gom lager? "Are you feeling well?" |
| Q: | Tũwattu bala lager ne? "Are you feeling well?" |
| A: | Ãttu gom lager. "I am well." |
| A: | Ãttu bala lager. "I am well." |
| Q: | Tũwattu gát ošuk ne ki? "Are you sick?" |
| A: | Ãttu gát ošuk. "I am sick." |
| A: | Ãttu gát no ošuk. "I am no sick." |
| A: | Ãttu beši gát ošuk. "I am very sick." |
| A: | Ãttu biyaram soler. "I am sick / I have disease." |
| A: | Ãi heto beši bala nai. "I am not that well." |
| Q: | Tũwattu buk lager ne ki? "Are you hungry?" |
| A: | Ãttu buk lager. "I feel hungry." |
| A: | Ãttu buk no lager. "I'm not hungry." |
| Q: | Tũwattu oran lager ne ki? "Are you tired?" |
| A: | Ãttu oran lager. "I feel tired." |
| A: | Ãi oran oyi. "I'm tired." |
| Q: | Tũwattu kuši lager ne? "Are you happy?" |
| A: | Ãttu kuši lager. "I feel happy." |
| A: | Ãi kuši. "I'm happy." |
| A: | Ãttu fanir tireš lager. "I feel thirsty." |
New words
beši /ˈbɛʃɪ/ – “many, very”
biyaram /bɪˈjɑɾɑm/– “disease, sickness”
buk /ˈbʊkʰ/ – “hunger”
ošuk /ɔˈʃukʰ/ – “sick, ill”
oran /ɔˈɾɑn/ – “tired”
zurar /zʊˈɾɑɾ/ – “sleepy”
lag- /lɑg/ – “to feel”
gá /gɑ/ – “body”
gát /ɡɑt/ – “in body”
kuši /ˈkʰuʃɪ/ – “happy”
gušša /gʊˈʃːɑ/ – “anger”
fanir tireš /fʌˈniɾtɪɾeʃ/ – “thirst”
biyaram /bɪˈjɑɾɑm/– “disease, sickness”
buk /ˈbʊkʰ/ – “hunger”
ošuk /ɔˈʃukʰ/ – “sick, ill”
oran /ɔˈɾɑn/ – “tired”
zurar /zʊˈɾɑɾ/ – “sleepy”
lag- /lɑg/ – “to feel”
gá /gɑ/ – “body”
gát /ɡɑt/ – “in body”
kuši /ˈkʰuʃɪ/ – “happy”
gušša /gʊˈʃːɑ/ – “anger”
fanir tireš /fʌˈniɾtɪɾeʃ/ – “thirst”
| Personal pronouns in Rohingya | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Ergative | Genitive -r | Ablative -ttu |
|
| 1p | ãi | ãr | ãttu | |
| 2p | non-hon. | tui | tor | tottu |
| honorific | tũi | tũwar | tũwattu | |
| 3p | masc. | hite | hitar | hitattu |
| fem. | hiba | hibar | hibattu | |
| Plural | ||||
| 1p | ãra | ãrar | ãrattu | |
| 2p | tũwara | tũwarar | tũwarattu | |
| 3p | hitara | hitarar | hitarattu | |
| Subject | |
|---|---|
| Ãttu | |
| Tũwattu | |
| Hitattu | |
| Hibattu | gát osuk. |
| Ãrattu | |
| Tũwarattu | |
| Hitarattu |
Yes/no questions in Rohingya Questions that only need yes or no for an answer are formed by the use of the question particle ne at the end.
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