uo'aXy'an Lesson Three: Useful Phrases and Aural Distinction

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   [Music] hello again and welcome to the next chapter in the Chien language video series in this segment we'll be covering basic words and phrases that you'll encounter when dealing with the Chien and their culture learning words orally just by hearing them how these words and phrases are represented in SRX and the native Xian script as we've mentioned before in game play seeing Xian will be more common than hearing long dialogues in it but if you want your brain to actually master it speaking is critical you should be able to enjoy this chapter without having learn to read but if your ultimate goal is to learn to read then you may want to review the previous

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   chapter before diving in here because we want to focus on listening you'll often hear me say tea Lifan before I speak the words and phrases this is a casual way to say don't look or close your eyes it literally means without using the eyes please close your eyes and just listen and repeat when you hear tea Lifan when you hear me say coal meaning good or okay you can open your eyes again and we'll repeat with the words written now Eponine did you get that okay here we go till I fit Playa Playa Playa Cole okay open your eyes

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   here's how we spell Leia it means a lot of different things the most core meaning is proper or correct but it can also indicate yes in a lot of contexts when you're being asked a yes/no question about facts for example let's go again you can look at the spelling on screen as you repeat this time flayer Leia Leia you can also use coal to mean yes if someone is proposing something to you and you agree with the proposal in a nutshell there is no single word for yes in the language we'll talk more about this in the grammar chapter coming up for now either Leia or Cole should get you by okay here we go with our next

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   word till - lie lie lie Cole okay eyes open here's how we spell lie did you recognize it from the request that you close your eyes it's in there lie essentially means no or not when we're talking about pure negation it's a tiny little word so you don't need to close your eyes this time but let's repeat again lie lie lie lie comes after the primary thing that it modifies in most cases but we'll worry about that later in the grammar lesson you might want to note while your eyes are open that it is spelled lie in this way and not lie

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   the cusine eye is a special variant of eye and it just is something that you'll have to memorize okay back to prioritizing listening over reading the other important word for know is used when there is a lack of something it's also very short so you can keep your eyes open but please repeat yo yo yo in English if you were asked do you have a weapon you could answer simply no but in Xi'an you really have to answer yo to this question if you said lie it would confuse the Xian questioning you whenever the topic is about something existing or being present the no answer for it is always you'll mid flat pitch short let's repeat again yo

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   yo yo next we're going to learn about asking for basic things and making polite requests let's close our eyes again till eyghon old tong way Oh Tong way Oh Tong we're coal eyes open here's how we spell Oh tong way the best concise translation for this is make a request if you are saying it to a stranger whom you're just meeting it's very clear that you are the one making the request so short and sweet is fine let's repeat again you can leave your eyes open Oh Tong way Oh tong win Oh Tong way let's assume that you need some food and you want to ask for

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   some it's not really safe to ask for just any old food honestly on world so let's learn how to say human food eyes plays till eyghon tense a human tense a human tense a human coal eyes open here's how we spelled tense a human let's put that together with Oh Tom Wayne the requests part can go before or after the thing you want this is not really a full sentence but in casual conversation is perfectly coherent will first say the part about requesting before the requested food itself till I thin Oh Tom where tens the human Oh Tom where tens a human Oh Tom where tens a human

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   call you should be careful to make a pause after tongue with the same is true when you reverse the order let's try again till eyghon ten see human Oh Tom way ten see human tongue way tens a human or tongue well Cole here's how we write these in the two different orders now unless you're in a really big city the shayan aren't even likely to know which foods humans can safely eat much less have a cheeseburger ready to go so let's learn how to say Xian vegetarian food because it's much less likely to send you to a hospital to Lifan eat and son eaten son eaten son Cole the fact that vegetarian sounds like eaten in

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   English is a complete serendipity I promise you but it may help you to remember it here's how we spell it let's ask for Xian vegetarian instead of human food we'll put the old Tom way after the thing we want this time tonight then Ethan son Oh Tom way eaten shallow tongue way eaten son hungry Cole now let's reverse the order still requesting veggies you can keep your eyes open or tongue may eat and son or tongue may eat and son well tongue will eat and son here are a few more things that you might need to request tree lower is potable water or some other

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    kind of beverage for example tree lower ataxia is the Hsien equivalent of alcohol ten tree is broth or soup and most types are typically safe to eat but very often very spicy Quinn son is this she on money or she on credits the exchange rate varies Sara means some help or assistance let's repeat them you can keep your eyes open if you like tree lower tree lower tree lower beverage ten tree ten tree ten tree broth questions-- questions-- questions-- Shion credits Sanna Sanna Sanna some

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    help or assistance one thing to keep in mind is that when you use oat agua to request something you're indicating that you appreciate that the listener is going to do something for you let's learn another small phrase that is a bit more informal that means I would like the phrase is Tessa tonight then Tessa Tessa Tessa Cole unlike Oh Tom way to saw really only comes before the thing you want lets close your eyes and see if you can visualize what you're saying you'd like let's see if any of the terms we've covered so far in this chapter have stuck we'll do these in repetitive pairs as a little test with your eyes

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    closed to licen Tasaki Laura Tessa tree Laura Tessa Sara Tessa Sara Tessa Quinn shun Tessa Quinn son Cole did you catch that we were talking about liking to have first a beverage and then some help and finally she on credits how would you say I would like broth it's Tessa what the answer is ten tree literally liquid food Tessa ten tree I would like some broth please so you may be wondering if there's a

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    generic word for please there is it's five however you probably shouldn't use this word until you speak the language better it almost refers to begging and using it puts a big burden on the person you're making the request to a better pattern for expressing please is to say Tessa and then something and then add Oh Tom way at the end let's listen to a safe way to express I would like some human food please tea lion Tessa tends to human or tongue way Tessa tends to human or tongue way Tessa tends to human or tongue way Cole are you able to keep track of what the individual parts mean

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    I would like Tessa human food tends a human please or tongue way to say transport to Kawa you would use Sun and rukawa let's go for it close your eyes and try to repeat to lisen Tessa a son in mikawa Ottumwa Tessa Sanon Mikawa Ottumwa tess asana new Okawa Oh Tommy Cole Sun in its most generic sense refers to any kind of vehicle once you get what you're after the easiest way to thank someone is with the polite term chola but don't use it lightly a more casual way is to

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    say aha which means I'm very pleased if you do use Choi then for the equivalent of your welcome you'll probably hear tepid AHA this means I'm very pleased that you are pleased whether you say Toa or too hot in order to think someone expect tippity ha in return asking permission is never a bad idea in this house shun their term for the Xian Empire the easiest way to get proper permission is with the simple question Cole na which comes across as is it okay let's repeat you can leave your eyes open Cole nah Cole nah Cole nah nah at a high pitch generically means that a question

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    is being asked so for is this food you could just acquire 10 nah however the Xian would be more likely to add chap meaning a type of a kind of in this pattern so we get chucked Etna and that would mean is this a type of food is this edible Chason na means is it a type of vehicle Chiana equals is it a type of plant Chama Ana would mean is it a type of animal keep in mind that these are not fully grammatical sentences but in rudimentary conversation this pattern should serve you very well just as asking permission with the colloquial call na is a good idea it's also advisable to apologize whenever you

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    inconvenience anyone in any way or to pre-apologize if you're about to disturb anyone there are two easy ways to express this wrong and oku yeah let's start with wrong which is a bit more difficult to pronounce till eyghon drawn drawn drawn Col wrong should be said carefully at a low pitch getting the tapped are together with the Wong may not be easy let's practice again with wrong wrong wrong it's just one syllable not to be careful wrong literally means forgiveness or pardon for some offense it's a rather serious word use it when

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    you genuinely feel bad in the sense of I'm truly sorry let's look at another option that is more common and I think more useful Oh Kuya literally means to do something rude if you are pushing through a crowd or you need someone to stop what they are already doing and pay attention to you use Oh Kuya let's close our eyes in practice delight Oh Kuya Oh Kuya Oh Kuya Cole so okuu yeah is easy to say in common but you should learn one important distinction with it if you're using it to apologize for something that you did something that just happened like bumping into someone accidentally or slamming a door

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    you should probably say oppa Kuya instead this indicates the past sometimes you will hear this as Oh Kuya if someone is currently unavoidably causing an inconvenience like blocking a path for example they're in the way in the elevator let's practice these two till eyghon oppa Kuya oppa Kuya oppa Kuya oh uh hooyah hooyah hooyah Cole finally the all-important where is the toilet question there are two ways to ask the easiest is just with Tessa plus kawan which is the word for toilet let's

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    practice telethon Disick on Tessa kawan Tessa kawaun Cole column literally means a place where things are ejected from the body the more formal way to ask specifically where it is is with the question a cashola column let's practice till eyghon a casa waka wall a cache or co-own a cache or a cowl coal keep in mind that whenever you ask for directions you have to be prepared to simply be told the answer verbally and have to go find it yourself

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    knowing left nia from right hawa can be very useful now I'm going to verbally review most of the vocabulary we covered in this chapter and some things from previous chapters as well if you don't know what they mean yet write them down and look them up in the dictionary on the forum it builds character I promise you here we go chase villain wah shun often with sha sha call AO 9 and we who yes CN y you qua Leia whoa teeth Laura Kuhn Laura cha hua Noah Sam ping

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    Kasim monkey Chow Yuen l'école chase Valencia till I thing Eponine I fly a lie your aunt Hong way 10/10 see human attention - Aloha - Aloha ataxia tan tree question Sarah Tessa sannen Wakaba Toa Teja teapot aha Kona chat Anna shosanna China jimana bran Oh Kuya oppa

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    Kuya or Kuya Tessa Cowell a cache or cowl Nia okay that does it for this chapter next time we'll dive into actual grammar off-label