Airport & Customs

1. Mussai Voss passaport, per plaschair.

   Please show your passport

   Usage

   A polite imperative, heard from officials at border control or check-in

   Grammar Note

   Mussai is the imperative of mussar for Vus. The polite possessive is capital Voss. Passaport is masculine. Composed sentence; native review recommended

2. Tge è il scopo da Vossa visita?

   What is the purpose of your visit?

   Usage

   A standard question from an immigration officer

   Grammar Note

   Scopo is masculine and means purpose. The polite possessive is capital Vossa because visita is feminine. Composed sentence; native review recommended

3. Quantas notgs vulais Vus star qua?

   How many nights are you planning to stay?

   Usage

   A polite way to ask how long someone will stay, at the border or a hotel

   Grammar Note

   Notg is feminine, so how many is quantas. Vulair + infinitive (star) expresses the plan. Vus follows the verb in the inverted question. Composed sentence; native review recommended

4. Avais Vus insatge da declerar?

   Do you have anything to declare?

   Usage

   What a customs officer asks; useful to recognise

   Grammar Note

   The vus form of avair is avais, and Vus follows it in the question. Insatge da + infinitive means something to be done. Composed sentence; native review recommended

5. Mia bagascha n'è betg anc arrivada.

   My luggage hasn't arrived

   Usage

   Used at the baggage hall or counter when your bag has not come out

   Grammar Note

   Bagascha is feminine, so the participle is arrivada. Negation is na (n') + betg, with anc (yet) after betg. Composed sentence; native review recommended

6. Quai è bagascha da maun.

   This is carry-on luggage

   Usage

   Tells staff that an item is hand luggage

   Grammar Note

   Bagascha da maun literally means luggage of the hand; no article is used when naming the kind. Composed sentence; native review recommended

7. Jau sun en transit.

   I'm in transit

   Usage

   Tells staff you are between connecting flights

   Grammar Note

   En + transit means in transit. Transit is masculine. Composed sentence; native review recommended

8. Cura po ins entrar en l'aviun?

   When does boarding begin?

   Usage

   Asks when boarding starts. Literally: when can one get on the plane

   Grammar Note

   Ins is an impersonal one. Po is the third person singular of pudair. Entrar means to get in, to board. Composed sentence; native review recommended

9. Nua è la butia libra da dazi?

   Where is the duty-free shop?

   Usage

   Asks for the duty-free shop. Libra da dazi means free of customs duty

   Grammar Note

   Butia is feminine, so the adjective is libra (feminine of liber). Da dazi means from duty. Composed sentence; native review recommended

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