Hello, Sámi learners. I thought it would be helpful to provide a translation of Gulahalan for those of you who don't know Swedish.
Let's start by looking at the orthography (taken from Wikipedia):
Vowels: /ɑ a e i o u/ <a á e i o u>
Consonants /m n ŋ p b t d k g ts dz tʃ dʒ f v θ ð s ʃ h j l r/ <m n ŋ p b t d k g c z č ž f v ŧ đ s š h j l r>
For more information, here's a PDF on Northern Sámi phonology. These two will become useful in the future: Sámi case tutorial (doesn't include the essive) & Full list of consonant gradation.
Gulahalan is divided into two parts with ten chapters each. Let's start, shall we?
GULAHALAN 1
CHAPTER I
Dialogues
Mu namma lea...
- Buorre beaivi
- Buorre beaivi fal!
- Mu namma lea Elle Risten. Mii du namma lea?
- Mu namma lea Máret.
- Já, Máret don leat.
- Mun lean oahpaheaddji.
- Mun lean oahppi.
- Gii dovle lea?
- Su namma lea Mihkkal.
- Já, Mihkkal son lea.
boddu - chapter
buorre beaivi - a good day
don - you (singular)
dovle - over there, that
du - your
fal - (some sort of affirmative particle)
gii? - who?
já - oh, ah
lea - he/she/it/ is
mun lean - i am
don leat - you are
maid - too, as well
mii? - what?
mun - I
mu - my
namma - name
oahpaheaddji - teacher
oahppi - student
son - he, she
su - his, her
vuosttas - first
Exercises
Find a way to teach yourself these words. If you want to, I could give the Swedish translations next to the English ones so you can us Gulahalan's vocabulary exercise. If you want a free online wordlist, you can find one over here and another one over here.
I'll put the translations in the following exercises in spoiler tags so you can practice your vocabulary a bit.
1) Give the right form of the verb leat (to be):
Su namma ____ Mihkkal
His name is Mihkkal
Mun ____ oahpaheaddji
I'm a teacher
Gii don ____?
Who are you?
Gii dovle ____?
Who's over there/who's that?
Don ____ Elle Risten
You're Elle Risten
Gii son ____?
Who's he?
Son ____ Mihkkal
He's Mihkkal
Mun ____ Máret
I'm Máret
Já, Mihkkal son ____
Oh, you're Mihkkal
Don ____ oahppi
You're a student
2) Place the question word where it should be:
[gii - who] [mii - what]
____ du namma lea?
What's your name?
____ don leat?
Who are you?
____ su namma lea?
What is her name?
____ son lea?
Who is she?
____ dovle lea?
Who's that/over there?