Nature & Outdoors

1. Datti sendas da viandar qua enturn?

   Are there hiking trails around here?

   Usage

   Asked at an information desk or hotel before a walk. Graubünden is a big hiking region

   Grammar Note

   Senda da viandar is feminine and means hiking trail. The plural is sendas da viandar. Composed sentence; native review recommended

2. Il paesagi è impressiunant.

   The scenery is breathtaking

   Usage

   To praise a view of mountains or lakes. Impressiunant means impressive, overwhelming

   Grammar Note

   Paesagi is masculine and means scenery. The adjective impressiunant means impressive or overwhelming. Composed sentence; native review recommended

3. A tge ura leva il sulegl qua?

   What time does the sun rise here?

   Usage

   When planning to watch the sunrise

   Grammar Note

   The time question is a tge ura. Levar means to rise, and il sulegl leva means the sun rises. Composed sentence; native review recommended

4. Po ins vesair masets gronds en il parc?

   Can great tits be spotted in the park?

   Usage

   For birdwatchers asking whether birds can be seen. Maset grond is the great tit

   Grammar Note

   Ins (one) takes the plural verb pon, and inversion forms the question. Maset grond is masculine; the plural is masets gronds. Composed sentence; native review recommended

5. Èsi segir da nudar en quest lai?

   Is it safe to swim in this lake?

   Usage

   Mountain lakes are cold. Check with locals or an information desk before swimming

   Grammar Note

   The inverted form èsi (è + si) makes the question. Lai means lake and is a different word from mar (sea). Composed sentence; native review recommended

6. Dovra ins in guid per visitar il parc?

   Do you need a guide to visit the park?

   Usage

   To ask whether a guide is needed in a national park or similar

   Grammar Note

   Duvrar also means to need; the third person duvra with ins gives does one need. Guid is masculine. Composed sentence; native review recommended

7. Cura èsi il meglier temp per vesair las flurs?

   What is the best time to see the flowers?

   Usage

   Alpine flowers bloom briefly, so ask at an information desk for the best time

   Grammar Note

   Meglier means better, so il meglier temp is the best time. Flur is feminine; the plural is flurs. Composed sentence; native review recommended

8. Èsi permess da campar qua?

   Is camping permitted here?

   Usage

   Check before camping; avoid camping where it is not allowed

   Grammar Note

   The inverted form èsi (è + si) makes the question. Permess means permitted, and campar means to camp. Composed sentence; native review recommended

9. Quant aut è quest piz?

   How high is this peak?

   Usage

   Asks the height of a mountain. Piz is common in Graubünden peak names

   Grammar Note

   Quant + adjective means how. Piz is masculine and means peak, and the demonstrative quest is masculine too. Composed sentence; native review recommended

10. Nus stuain respectar la natira.

    We must respect nature

    Usage

    When talking about manners in nature, such as taking your litter home

    Grammar Note

    The first person plural of stuair (must) is stuain. Natira is feminine and means nature. Composed sentence; native review recommended

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