Azer chay - dialogo
Making tea - dialogue
PERSONA A
Vo azer chay. Keres i tu?
I am going to make tea. Do you also want (some)?
PERSONA B
Si, por favor.
Yes, please.
PERSONA A
Ke modo de chay keres? Preto, vedre, o kon menta?
What type of tea do you want? Black, green, or mint?
PERSONA B
Preto, por favor.
Black, please.
PERSONA A
Muy bien. Komo beves el chay? Keres leche o asukar?
Sounds good. How do you take your tea? Do you want milk or sugar?
PERSONA B
Kon un poko de asukar. Grasias!
With a little sugar. Thank you!
PERSONA A
Echi un poko de asukar. Te abasta?
I put in a little sugar. Is that enough for you?
PERSONA B
Si, está perfekto. Ya eskapimos de azer chay!
Yes, that‘s perfect. We finished making tea!
Komentaryos/Notes
The recorded voice you are hearing is Rachel Bortnick (Izmir), longtime Ladino language activist and founder of Ladinokomunitá.
This domain is based on speech from Israel "Izzet" Bana, a speaker from Istanbul. Izzet is the director of the Sephardic youth choir "Las Estreyikas de Estambol" (the little stars of Istanbul). It was edited by Rachel Bortnick (Izmir), Karen Gerşon Şarhon (Istanbul), and Carlos Yebra Lopez.
Keres i tu?
This is one way to ask "Do you also want some?", and uses a cool feature that distinguishes Ladino from Peninsular/Latin American Spanish. In Ladino, you can use i ("and") to mean "also." It can go before a noun or pronoun, not just between two nouns to join them together. Another example: if someone has incorrectly assumed you only have cats as pets, you can say, "Tengo i perros!" (I also have dogs!).
The other way to ask "Do you also want some?" is "Tu keres tambien?" Both are equally correct.
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