Internet & WiFi

1. Tge è il pled-clav da la rait da WLAN?

   What is the Wi-Fi password?

   Usage

   Asked at a café or hotel before connecting. WLAN is the word used for Wi-Fi

   Grammar Note

   Pled-clav is a masculine noun for password. Rait is feminine and means network; rait da WLAN is a Wi-Fi network. Composed sentence; native review recommended

2. Jau n'hai nagin signal.

   I can't get a signal

   Usage

   When the phone does not connect, for example in a mountain valley

   Grammar Note

   Negation is na (n' before a vowel) + verb. When nagin (no, not any) follows, betg is not added. Signal is masculine. Composed sentence; native review recommended

3. Poss jau chargiar mes telefonin qua?

   Can I charge my phone here?

   Usage

   To ask for a charge at a café or waiting room. Telefonin means a mobile phone

   Grammar Note

   Pudair: the first person is poss. Putting jau after the verb forms the question. Telefonin is masculine, so the possessive is mes. Composed sentence; native review recommended

4. Il WLAN na funcziunescha betg.

   The Wi-Fi isn't working

   Usage

   To report that the Wi-Fi does not work at a hotel or café

   Grammar Note

   Negation puts na before the verb and betg after it. WLAN is masculine. Composed sentence; native review recommended

5. Jau hai basegn d'ina carta SIM locala.

   I need a local SIM card

   Usage

   When buying a SIM card at a phone shop or the airport

   Grammar Note

   Carta SIM is feminine, so the adjective is locala (feminine of local). Da becomes d' before a vowel. Composed sentence; native review recommended

6. Pudais Vus cundivider Vossa posiziun cun mai?

   Can you share your location with me?

   Usage

   For meeting someone and asking where they are. Polite Vus form

   Grammar Note

   Pudais Vus + infinitive makes a polite request. Vossa (your) is written with a capital. Posiziun is feminine. Composed sentence; native review recommended

7. Datti bischlas da contact disponiblas?

   Are there available power outlets?

   Usage

   To ask for a free outlet when you want to charge

   Grammar Note

   Bischla da contact is feminine and means power outlet. The adjective disponibel takes the feminine plural disponiblas. Composed sentence; native review recommended

8. Co poss jau ma colliar cun la rait?

   How do I connect to the network?

   Usage

   To ask staff how to join the Wi-Fi

   Grammar Note

   Sa colliar (to connect) is reflexive and becomes ma colliar after poss jau. Cun means to or with. Composed sentence; native review recommended

9. La battaria da mes telefonin è vida.

   My phone is dead (out of battery)

   Usage

   When the battery is empty and you need a charge

   Grammar Note

   Battaria is feminine, so the adjective is vida, the feminine of vid. It is used in the sense of empty. Composed sentence; native review recommended

10. Poss jau duvrar il computer in mument?

    May I use the computer for a moment?

    Usage

    To borrow a shared computer, for example in a hotel lobby

    Grammar Note

    Duvrar means to use. Computer is masculine; ordinatur is another word for it. Composed sentence; native review recommended

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