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​How are you?

Nun dengah?

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I am fine.

Sayu kah akui.

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I do not feel good.

Ji'ek noh kui.

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Where are you going?

Tei hino' ka' du?

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I am going to the market.

Akui seng tei ha' pasen anih.

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I am going to the farm.

Akui seng tei ha' luma anih.

Akui seng tei kakah anih

*kakah - the word kakah means going out to do general works on the farm.

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I am going to work (office).

Akui seng tei nyadui anih.

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What do we have for lunch today?

Nun kan telo' danih?

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We are having fish.

Kan masik telo'.

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We are having chicken.

Kan nyap telo'.

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We are having pork.

Kan uting telo'.

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We are having boar's meat.

Kan bavui telo'.

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We are having preserved pork meat.

Kan lisem uting telo'.

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We are hvaing preserved boar's meat.

Kan lisem bavui telo'.

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We are having preserved fish.

Kan lisem masik telo'.

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The weather today is good.

Sayu lan dau danih.

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It's bad weather today.

Ji'ek dau danih.

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It's raining today.

Usan dau danih.

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The weather is terribly hot today.

Hanit lan dau danih.

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I am drenched because of the rain.

Basa nyot kui kenan usan anih.

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Have you taken your bath?

Uh nah ika' duh du?

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No, I haven't.

Usi piyan.

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I have a headache.

Perah kuhung kui.

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You need to take medicine.

Kani ubat k.

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I don't have medicine.

Usi te' ubat kui.

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The clinic is close today.

Usi klinik buka, or,

Tutup klinik danih, or

Pekap klinik danih.

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Take care of yourself.

Pelihei kah, ineng sayu im.

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Life is hard.

Tusah lan urip.

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Take heart.

Pelihei kah.

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He is a good person.

Sayu lan lake' anan.

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She is a good person.

Sayu lan doh anan.

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Can you throw the rubbish, please?

Im tolong meso / mesau luhap anan.

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Bring this to school.

Im geri anih sekula.

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Bring this to work.

Im geri anih nyadui / kakah.

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They had a good time during Christmas.

Ngelu'an lan dalo' te' dau aya' dih.

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They are going fishing today.

Tei mese' dalo' danih.

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They are going hunting tonight.

Tei nimak dalo' malem anih.

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They are going to *nyikep tomorrow.

Tei nyikep dalo' jima.

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*nyikep is a Kayan term for catching fish using a traditional hand net)

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