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MY SAUNA HAS BEEN STRUCK BY LIGHTNING
A PHRASEBOOK IN URALIC LANGUAGES

compiled and edited by Piotr Talarczyk

translated by: ??

with an introduction to the Uralic languages by ??

about the phrasebook

Most of the sentences are from the following sources:

tatoeba.org
The dictionary of modern proverbs, ed. C.C Doyle, W. Mieder, F.R. Shapiro, 2012.
The new Yale book of quotations, ed. F.R. Shapiro, 2021.
films and TV shows (the titles are in square brackets)
Katona J.K., Papp B., English-Hungarian phrasebook with useful wordlist, 1986.
Žarinova O., Pagizemmo karjalakse, 2019.
Васильев В.Н., Русско-марийский разговорник, 2004.

Abbreviations for languages: Est = Estonian; Fi = Finnish; Hung = Hungarian.

about the translators

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the phrasebook

Life is very short.

What do you like to read? — Everything. [Matilda]

Thanks. — Thank you. — Thank you very much. {three degrees of politeness}

Thank you. — Youʼre welcome.

Thank you for the advice.

Do you believe in God?

I donʼt believe in any gods.

May I use your phone? — Please do.

My sauna has been struck by lightning.

What is three times five? — Itʼs eighteen. — I think youʼre wrong.

Why canʼt we {impersonal ‘we’} divide by zero? — Because itʼs dangerous.