Compliments

1. Kesidai endaa oleng

   The food is very good

   Usage

   Used to praise the cooking to a host who has fed you

   Grammar Note

   No dedicated word for "delicious" is confirmed, so the verb form Kesidai from sidai "good" is used. Put a specific dish in place of endaa if you like. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

2. Iyie naa oltung'ani sidai oleng

   You are a very good person

   Usage

   Used to express thanks and warmth to someone who has been kind to you

   Grammar Note

   The pattern "A is B" joins the two with naa (Nanu naa ... means "I am ..."). Sidai follows the noun to describe it. Oltung'ani is a masculine noun (ol-); whether it is also used for a woman is not confirmed. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

3. Kesidai enkaji ino oleng

   Your house is lovely

   Usage

   Used when invited into someone's home, to praise it

   Grammar Note

   "Your" changes with the noun's gender: ino goes with the feminine enkaji (lino with masculine nouns). Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

4. Ashe oleng tesiai sidai

   Thank you very much for the good work

   Usage

   Used to praise and thank a guide, driver or helper whose work pleased you. An exact fixed phrase for "well done" is not confirmed

   Grammar Note

   Tesiai is te "for / about" run together with esiai "work". After Ashe oleng you can add the reason with te ...

5. Kesidai enkop ino oleng

   Your country is wonderful

   Usage

   Used to praise the land and people you are visiting. Enkop means both "land" and "country"

   Grammar Note

   Enkop is a feminine noun, so "your" is ino. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

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