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Giigo oahppá, hállá dahje háliidá hállat sámegillii? Dahkket dát dás!

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Mun sáhtan iskat du mielde hupmat.
Muhto mun in lohka sámmi dál.

Gosgo leat bázáhus sámeoahpit?

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Mun-vihtos dál ohppet sámegiela!

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Leago mihkkege dáppe ođđa? Mun lean leamaš logemas hui ollu sámigillii ja dál mun sáhtán dadjat, ahte mun ipmirdan ja máhtán logat. Mun iin goassege lean máhttán ipmirdit ná ollu.
Dál livčči mu mielas buorre áigi oastit sámegielaga girjji.
Árvalago juoga juoidá?

For some reason I only just now noticed your post.
With a language as obscure as Sámi, you might want to post a translation, cause I have no idea what you might be saying.
EDIT: Well, I kinda do. But a translation would still be nice.

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How on earth did you guys learn Sámi? I mainly discovered it listening to Mari Boine's songs.

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Ba Gai Dun, Popiaro, Rumi, ...

I haven't listened to Mari Boine. I did miss her concert by a week in St. Petersburg, though. It was disappointing. I discovered Sámi through Sofia Jannok and Niko Valkeapää.

I mostly used this site for most of my grammatical worries. There was a page on there - I've forgotten which, though - that had quite a bit of example sentences. In addition, I've found a relatively good, searchable wordlist here. Also try the same guy's odds and ends page. I suppose Freelang's dictionary is okay too, even if it just mixes orthographies and even different Sámi languages in. OAHPA! is good for conjugation, declension, and (illusory) conversational practice.

I think MONOBA has a textbook or something on North Sámi in Finnish.

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Leago dáppe vel giige, geainna sáhttá ságastallat sámegillii?

Mus lea leamaš dát jurdda, ahte livččii várra buorre juos mun álggášin čállit grammatihkkagirjji sámegiela birra, muhto eŋgelas gillii. Juos livččii vejolašvuohta oažžut dis veahki, geat sámegiela máhttebehtet.

Mus lea girja - Lehrbuch der saamischen (lappischen) Sprache. Buorre dat lea.

Mus ge, muhto ii dat leat Eŋgalas gillii :(. Muhto dan sáhtán ipmirdit, juos ja go mun geahččalan. Dat veahkeha, muhto háliidan buoremusa!

Living in South Sápmi I should reasonably know some of the South Sami language, but unfortunately I don't. (Not even a majority of the South Sami people know their own language.) Well, I hope I can contribute to this thread in some other way.

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"It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer."
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Do you have any resources (in English), perhaps?

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Ón gráti sem jett barn kvéner jag syggji jett lag um deiðan...
[oʊ̯n ˈgɾaːtɪ sɛmː jɛtː baɾn ˈkʰʋɛːnɛɾ jaː ˈsʏd͡ʑːɪ jɛtː laː ʊmː ˈdɛɪ̯an]

Nope, but my county library is probably the main resource centre of South Sami in the world. Maybe I should take a look at their inventory. South Sami is usually not the Sami language that non-Sami students come into contact with. Which is sad because it's considered the most archaic Sami language.

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"It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer."
Albert Einstein (1879–1955)

Hei, mun lean čállan unna teavstta iežan birra ja háliidivččen diehtit, leago dasa giellaoahppa riekta:

Bures!
Mu namma leat Leo ja mun orun Reykjaviikis/Suovvaluovttas dál Islánddas/Jieŋaeatnamas. Mun oahppán sámegiela, vaikko dat leat hui váttes giella. In dieđe, dajašingo ahte mun máhtán dan geavahan, muhto go mun vikkan sámegielas lohkat, de máhtán veaháš ipmirdit. Ollut sánit leat seammalágánat go suomas. Mun barggan oahpaheddjin gielaskuvllas geas oahpahan islánddagiela olgoriikalaččaide ja muhtumin eaŋasgiela Islándalaččaide. Mun áigun Islándda Allaskuvlii ohcat biologiijas. Juos dasa beasan, de in mun dolkka nu dávjá, dan dihte ahte mus lea ilá olu áigi alccesan – oahpahan dušše muhtuma diima juohka vahkku. Mun lean juo oahpan sámegiela ollu jagiide, muhto in goassege lean dan nu viššalit hárjehaddan. Dávjá luobahan, ja bisttán duollet dálle, dábálaččat dálvet.

'mun' is both nominative and genitive?

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‹› · Ḿḿ Ńń Ĺĺ Śś Źź Ąą Ǫǫ Ųų Æ̨æ̨ Ǽǽ Œ̨œ̨ Œ́œ́ Ɣɣ Y̋y̋ Įį Şş Z̧z̧ θ
Āā Ēē Īī Ōō Ūū ↗ Ṭṭ C̣c̣ Łł Ḍḍ Ṣṣ Ẓẓ Ṇṇ Ŋŋ e˞ o˞ ʷ ʲ ʰ ə

No! damn...

AFAICT, you have a singular subject in both of these sentences, so I'm fairly sure the correct form of the verb would be lea (leat being the corresponding plural form). Also, at least Wikipedia gives the Sami form simply as Reykjavík.


I think that should be just ollu sánit, but I could be badly wrong here. Still, I don't think I've ever seen the form ollut anywhere, and even if ollu does have a plural form, I'd expect it to be in the weak grade (i.e. olut). Also, I'm not sure if suopma can be used as the name of the language; I've always seen suomagiella (and that is at least what the Giellatekno dictionary gives).


Possibly a typo, but there probably shouldn't be diphthong monophthongization in the form oahpaheaddjin here. And isn't gii (: geas) usually used just when referring to people?

Now, I'm a bit rusty, in addition to which my better dictionary is currently in Helsinki while I myself am in Tartu, so I couldn't check all the word meanings and forms as well as I might've liked to... So my notes here might be worth taking with a little grain of salt. Hope this helps a bit, though.

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Hahaha. I love how I've never been to this thread before, and that I don't really know any more words than mun (and dun?) and lea- and a couple more and I just happen to find something that looks fishy to me and it's actually right. I can't even compose a sentence in Sami. I'd say something like 'I am a...', but then realise that I don't even know a single noun. Unless... 'fish' is... guolli or something, isn't it? Mun lean guolli?

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‹› · Ḿḿ Ńń Ĺĺ Śś Źź Ąą Ǫǫ Ųų Æ̨æ̨ Ǽǽ Œ̨œ̨ Œ́œ́ Ɣɣ Y̋y̋ Įį Şş Z̧z̧ θ
Āā Ēē Īī Ōō Ūū ↗ Ṭṭ C̣c̣ Łł Ḍḍ Ṣṣ Ẓẓ Ṇṇ Ŋŋ e˞ o˞ ʷ ʲ ʰ ə

Don. Then again, I've seen even our professor make this mistake while listing North Sami pronouns once, so you're in good company.


That's the correct way to express this idea in North Sami, yes. Although if you ever find yourself in a position where you actually need to express this idea, I'm afraid you may have trouble finding a North Sami speaker qualified to help you.

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