Emergency

1. म्हाका आदार करात!

   mhākā ādār karāt!

   Help me!

   Usage

   Calls for help; "help" is आदार (it appears in a dictionary example)

   Grammar Note

   "Help" is आदार करप; मदत करप has the same meaning and is also understood. (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

2. इस्पितळ खंय आसा?

   ispitaḷ khaṃy āsā?

   Where is the hospital?

   Usage

   The English loan हॉस्पिटल is also understood in speech

   Grammar Note

   "Hospital" is इस्पितळ, the Goan Konkani word. (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

3. पोलिसांक उलो मारात

   polisāṃk ulo mārāt

   Please call the police

   Usage

   "Call" is उलो मारप (literally "give a call")

   Grammar Note

   "To call" is उलो मारप; the dative ending -क marks who is called. (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

4. दोतोराक उलो मारात

   dotorāk ulo mārāt

   Please call a doctor

   Usage

   दोतोर, from Portuguese, means "doctor"; डॉक्टर is also understood

   Grammar Note

   "Doctor" is दोतोर (confirmed in the dictionary). (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

5. म्हजें सामान चोरलें

   mhajeṃ sāmān coraleṃ

   My things were stolen

   Usage

   Tells people or the police about a theft

   Grammar Note

   No subject is stated ("someone stole"), which serves as the passive; the verb agrees with the object सामान. (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

6. म्हाका दुखता

   mhākā dukhatā

   I am in pain

   Usage

   Say it while pointing to the painful spot

   Grammar Note

   Pain is expressed as person + -क + दुखता (the dictionary has "म्हाका दुखपाक लागलें"). (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

7. दुतावास खंय आसा?

   dutāvās khaṃy āsā?

   Where is the embassy?

   Usage

   Ask this when you lose your passport, for example

   Grammar Note

   "Embassy" is दुतावास (confirmed in the dictionary). (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

8. हें वखद आसा

   heṃ vakhad āsā

   This is medicine

   Usage

   Explains a medicine you carry, at the airport or to the police

   Grammar Note

   "Medicine" is वखद (not Marathi औषध). (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

9. रावात!

   rāvāt!

   Stop it!

   Usage

   A firm one-word demand to make someone stop

   Grammar Note

   रावप means "stop / wait"; the imperative is the polite -ात form. (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

10. उजो!

    ujo!

    Fire!

    Usage

    A shout to warn of a fire; "fire" is उजो

    Grammar Note

    "Fire" is उजो (the dictionary's first headword); आग is also understood.

11. चोर!

    cor!

    Thief!

    Usage

    A shout when you see a thief

    Grammar Note

    "Thief" is चोर (confirmed in the dictionary).

12. अपहरण

    apaharaṇ

    Kidnapping

    Usage

    Said as the name of the crime when reporting

    Grammar Note

    "Kidnapping" is अपहरण (confirmed in the dictionary).

13. खून

    khūn

    Murder

    Usage

    Said as the name of the crime when reporting

    Grammar Note

    "Murder" is खून (confirmed in the dictionary).

14. दंगल

    daṃgal

    Riot

    Usage

    A word used to report a riot

    Grammar Note

    "Riot" is दंगल (confirmed in the dictionary).

15. चोर! ताका धरात!

    cor! tākā dharāt!

    Thief! Catch him!

    Usage

    A shout asking bystanders to stop the thief

    Grammar Note

    "Catch" is धरप (the dictionary has "लोकांनी चोराक धरलो"). (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

16. अग्निशामक दळाक उलो मारात

    agniśāmak daḷāk ulo mārāt

    Please call the fire brigade

    Usage

    Calls the fire brigade (not the engine as a vehicle)

    Grammar Note

    अग्निशामक दळ "fire brigade" appears in a dictionary example. (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

17. पुलीस ठाणें खंय आसा?

    pulīs ṭhāṇeṃ khaṃy āsā?

    Where is the police station?

    Usage

    "Police station" is पुलीस ठाणें

    Grammar Note

    पुलीस ठाणें is used in Konkani texts from Goa. (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

18. म्हाका चोरीची तक्रार करपाक जाय

    mhākā corīcī takrār karapāk jāy

    I want to report a theft

    Usage

    Used at the police station to report a theft

    Grammar Note

    The genitive -ची agrees with the feminine noun तक्रार. (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

19. जपानी उलयपी कोण आसा?

    japānī ulayapī koṇ āsā?

    Is there anyone who speaks Japanese?

    Usage

    Asks for a Japanese speaker when help is needed

    Grammar Note

    "One who does" is verb stem + -पी (e.g. उलयपी). (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

20. हो मनीस बेसुद पडलो

    ho manīs besud paḍalo

    This person is unconscious

    Usage

    Describes a collapsed person to rescuers

    Grammar Note

    बेसुद पडप means "to faint"; for a woman the verb takes the feminine form (पडली). (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

21. कोणूय बुडटा!

    koṇūy buḍaṭā!

    Someone is drowning!

    Usage

    A shout when you see someone drowning at the beach

    Grammar Note

    The clitic -य makes "someone / anyone" (कोण → कोणूय). (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

22. तो गुन्यांवकार आसा

    to gunyāṃvakār āsā

    That person is the culprit

    Usage

    Points out the culprit to the police

    Grammar Note

    "Culprit" is गुन्यांवकार (confirmed in the dictionary); for a woman use ती. (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

23. म्हजें पाकीट चोरलें

    mhajeṃ pākīṭ coraleṃ

    My wallet was stolen

    Usage

    Reports a stolen wallet

    Grammar Note

    Almost identical to the dictionary example "म्हजें पैशाचें पाकीट चोरलें".

24. हांव विसरलों / विसरली

    hāṃv visaraloṃ / visaralī

    I left it behind

    Usage

    Used when looking for lost property; men say विसरलों, women विसरली

    Grammar Note

    "Forget" is विसरप (dictionary example: "तो सगलें विसरलो"); the past agrees with the speaker's gender. (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

25. बेगीन करात

    begīn karāt

    Please hurry

    Usage

    A polite way to ask someone to hurry

    Grammar Note

    "Quickly" is बेगीन (not Marathi लवकर). (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

26. आतांच येवात

    ātāṃc yevāt

    Please come right away

    Usage

    A polite request for someone to come at once

    Grammar Note

    "Now" is आतां; the particle -च adds "right". (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

27. म्हाका इस्पितळांत व्हरात

    mhākā ispitaḷāṃt vharāt

    Please take me to a hospital

    Usage

    Asked of a taxi driver or bystanders

    Grammar Note

    "Take" is व्हरप; -ांत means "in / into". (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

28. उजो! धांवात!

    ujo! dhāṃvāt!

    Fire! Run!

    Usage

    Warns people to flee a fire

    Grammar Note

    "Run" is धांवप (confirmed in the dictionary). (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

29. धोको आसा

    dhoko āsā

    It is dangerous

    Usage

    Warns of danger

    Grammar Note

    "Danger" is the noun धोको, so the sentence means "there is danger". (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

30. अपघात जालो

    apaghāt jālo

    There has been a traffic accident

    Usage

    Used to report an accident

    Grammar Note

    अपघात is masculine, so the verb is masculine जालो (dictionary example: "हो अपघात … घडलो"). (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

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