I want to..

English	Sound	Ainu
What do you want to eat?		Hemanta ee rusuy ya?
I want to eat candy.		Topenpe ke rusuy
What do you want to drink?		Hemanta eku rusuy ya?
I want to drink tea.		Oca kuku rusuy
I want to go home soon.	x	Tane kuhosipi rusuy
I want to rest because I am tired.		Kusinki kusu kusini rusuy

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If..

English	Sound	Ainu
I hope it would be fine tomorrow.		Nisatta sirpirka yak pirkap!
One part of a poetry below
I would be wind.., I would be bird..		Rera ta kune,... cikap ta kune,...
If I could be,		ki wa ne yakun
I could meet my lover in this day.		Kuyupo tananto or ta kunukar oka!

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Ainu	English
e-	you
e	eat (foods)
ki	do (something)
ku-	I
ku	drink (beverage)
kusu	in order to, because
ke	< ku-e
sini	take rest
sirpirka	fine
sinki	tired
- ta - oka	(It means hope which is unlikely to realize)
tananto or ta	today (It is used in verse. In usual sentense,"tanto")
tane	already,no longer
cikap	bird
topenpe	candy
nisatta	tomorrow
nukar	meet (person)
ne	be,become
hemanta	what
hosipi	go home
ya	(It means question)
yak	(It means condition)
yakun	in case,if
yupo	lover (It is used in verse to man. To woman,"tures". In usual sentense,it means older brother)
rusuy	want to
rera	wind
wa	and
pirka	good
-p	(It nominalizes verb which is completed by vowel. By consonaunt, "-pe")

ainu language lesson 6

My name is..

English	Sound	Ainu
What is your name?		Erehe mak aye?
My name is ______		Kurehe anakne ______ ne
How old are you?		Epaha hempakpe an?
I am Twenty eight years old		Kupaha anakne tupesan pa ikasma hotne pa ne

Let's practice with your name and years

You see "Number"

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I come from..

English	Sound	Ainu
Where do you come from?		Hunak wa eek?
I come from Sapporo		Sapporo wa kek
Do you come alone?		Sinen ne eek?
I come with mother		Hapo turano kek
Where do you go to tomorrow?		Nisatta hunak un earpa?
I go to Biratori		Biratori un karpa
Please go with me!		Entura wa enkore!
Let's go!		Uturano payean ro!
(To leave men) Good bye!		Apunno paye yan!

Let's practice with your places

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Number

Ainu	English
a-	somebody
-an	we
anakne	(It present subject)
apunno	peaceful
arpa	go(It is singular form. cf.;paye)
e-	you
ek	come
en-	me
hempakpe	how many
hunak	where
karpa	< ku-arpa
kek	< ku-ek
kore	give (them goods)
ku-	I
mak	how
ne	be,become
ne	(It means situation. cf.;sinen ne)
nisatta	tomorrow
pa	year
paha	(one's) year
paye	go(It is plural form. cf;arpa)
re	name
rehe	(one's) name
ro	(It means temptation)
sinen	one parson
sinen ne	alone
tura	bring (them) with
turano	together with
un	to (place)
uturano	together
wa	from (place)
wa	and
ye	tell