埃維語

埃維語屬印歐語系、 印度-伊朗語族。分布於阿富汗和巴基斯坦西北地區。使用人口在阿富汗境內有1000多萬，在巴基斯坦的西北地區也有近1000萬

基本介紹

• 中文名：埃維語
• 地區：阿富汗和巴基斯坦西北地區
• 分支：南部方言 北部方言
• 屬於：歐語系、 印度-伊朗語族

由來

屬印歐語系、 印度-伊朗語族。分布於阿富汗和巴基斯坦西北地區。使用人口在阿富汗境內有1000多萬，在巴基斯坦的西北地區也有近1000萬。主要方言分為兩支：南部方言，保留了古音sh和zh；北部方言（主要通行於巴基斯坦）採用了kh音和gh音。經語言學家考證，埃維語和梵語的語法十分近似，除具有較多的共同詞語外，還有許多共同的詞根。埃維語受印地語的影響很大，也吸收了許多波斯語和阿拉伯語詞，但仍保留了古伊朗語的許多特徵。埃維語有長元音和短元音各3個。名詞與形容詞都有性、數、格的變化，動詞有人稱和時、態等變化。埃維語採用經過修改的阿拉伯文字，有40個字母，8個純系埃維語字母,其餘是阿拉伯語和波斯語字母。

日常用語

英語	埃維語
Welcome	Woé zɔ (sg); Miawoe zɔ (pl); Yooo(response)
Hello (General greeting)	No equivalent
How are you?	Ɛfoa?
Reply to 'How are you?'	Me fo. Wo ha ɛfoa?
Long time no see	Ɛdidi; Ɛ nyteƒe (response)
What's your name?	Nkowode?
My name is ...	Nkↄnye nye ...
Where are you from?	Fika netso?
I'm from ...	Metso ...
Pleased to meet you	No equivalent. Smile and repeat the person's name
Good morning; (Morning greeting)	Ŋdi; Ŋdi na mi
Good afternoon; (Afternoon greeting)	Ŋdɔ; Ŋdɔ na mi
Good evening; (Evening greeting)	Fiɛyi; Fiɛyi na mi
Good night	Dɔ agbe
Goodbye; (Parting phrases)	Hede nyuie (safe journey); Mia dogo(we'll meet again)
Good luck!	Eme nenyo
Cheers! Good Health!; (Toasts used when drinking)
Have a nice day	Nkekea nenyo
Bon appetit /; Have a nice meal
Bon voyage /; Have a good journey	Hede nyuie (safe journey)
I understand	Se eme; Me se eme; Me se egɔme
I don't understand	Nye me se eme o; Nye me se egɔme o
Yes	E
No	Ao
Maybe	Do ma hii
I don't know	Nye me nya o
Please speak more slowly	Meᶑekuku, ƒonu gbleũ
Please say that again	Meᶑekuku, ga gbloe ake
Please write it down	Meᶑekuku ηlↄe
Do you speak English?	Ese yevugbe a?; Ese English a?
Do you speakEwe?	Ese ʋegbe a?
Yes, a little; (reply to 'Do you speak ...?')	E, vide; E, vide vide
How do you say ... inEwe?	Leke a gblↄ ... le Eʋe gbe me?
Excuse me	Kafla; Meɖekuku
How much is this?	Nenie?
Sorry	Baba; Babanawo
Please	Meɖekuku
Thank you	Akpe
Reply to thank you	Woezo; Mia woezo; Akpe melio; Mesu akpe o
Where's the toilet?	Fika afɔdzi le?
This gentleman will pay for everything	Afetↄ ke axe fe na nuwo katᾶ
This lady will pay for everything	Afenↄ ke axe fe na nuwo katᾶ
Would you like to dance with me?	Aᶑu wu kplim a?
I miss you	Me susu wo lo
I love you	Me lↄ wo
Get well soon	Na haya kaba
Go away!	Dzo le gbonye!
Leave me alone!	Heda le gbonye!
Help!	Kpedeŋu nye!
Fire!	Dzo!
Stop!	Tↄ!
Call the police!	Yↄ kpovi tↄ wo!
Christmas and New Year greetings	Blunya na wo (Merry Christmas); Eƒé bé dzogbenyui nami (Happy New Year); Fè Yéyè Fé Dzogbenyui Nami (Happy New Year)
Easter greetings
Birthday greetings	Dzigbenyue nawo; Dzigbeza bɔkɔɔ nawo
One language is never enough	Gbe deka mede blibo o
My hovercraft is full of eels; Why this phrase?