Language-related phrases in Veps from Suomalais-vepsäläinen keskusteluopas:
Minä opendan vepsän kel’t I'm studying Veps
El’gendat-ik tö mindai? Do you understand me?
Minä en el’genda teid I don't understand you
Minä el’gendan teid I understand you
Minä el’gendan teid, no minei om jüged pagišta I understand you, but it's hard for me to speak
Minä en el’gendand I didn't understand
Olgat hüväd, toštkat völ kerdan Please say it one more time
Olgat hüväd, pagiškat hillemba Please speak more slowly
Olgat hüväd, sel’gitagat, mi om kirjutadud naku Please explain what is written here
Min znamoičeb nece sana? What does this word mean?
Min znamoičeb nece vajeh? What does this word mean?
Kut virktas nece sana? How do you say this word?
Kut virktas nece vajeh? How do you say this word?
Kut kirjutadas nece sana? How do you write this word?
Kut kirjutadas nece vajeh? How do you write this word?
Kut sanuda vepsäks... ? How do you say...in Veps?
Kut kuctas ... vepsäks? What is...called in Veps?
Olgat hüväd, kirjutagat sen Please write it down
Olgat hüväd, kirjutagat nece sana vepsäks Please write this word in Veps
Olgat hüväd, kirjutagat nece vajeh vepsäks Please write this word in Veps
Minä tahtoin opetas pagižemha vepsäks. I want to learn to speak Veps
Minä tahtoin opetas lugemaha vepsäks. I want to learn to read Veps
Minä tahtoin opetas kirjutamha vepsäks. I want to learn to write Veps
Minä voin jo lugeda lehtest vepsän kelel I can already read a newspaper in Veps.
Oikti-k minä pagižen? Am I saying it right?
Om-ik munun virkand oiged? Is my pronunciation correct?
Teil om lujas hüvä virkand You have very good pronunciation.
Pakičen koheta, ku minä virkan sanan värin Please correct me if I say the word wrong
Pakičen koheta, ku minä virkan petimoi kändos Please correct me if I say the wrong case
Pakičen koheta, ku minä virkan petimoi sanoiden jäl’genduses Please correct me if I say the words in the wrong order
Pakičen koheta, ku minä panen painhen värin Please correct me if I use the wrong emphasis
Pagižet-ik vepsän kelel? Do you speak Veps?
Pagižet-ik venäkelel? Do you speak Russian?
Pagižet-ik suomen kelel? Do you speak Finnish?
Pagižet-ik estin kelel? Do you speak Estonian?
Pagižet-ik englandin kelel? Do you speak English?
Pagižet-ik francijan kelel? Do you speak French?
Pagižet-ik saksan kelel? Do you speak German?
Miččid verhid kelid tö valdat? What foreign languages do you know?
Minä opendaškanzin saksan kel’t vaiše tantoi I started studying German recently
Openzit-ik kel’t školas vai ičevägel? Do you study the language at school or on your own?
Opendat-ik englandin kel’t? Do you study English?
Englandin keles virkand erineb kirjutamižespäi, a vepsän keles se ei ole muga in English the pronunciation is different from spelling, but in Veps it isn't.
Minä lugen vähäižen francijan kelel I read a little French.
Minä lugen joudjas francijan kelel I read French fluently.