Business & Work

1. にふぇーでーびる

   Ni-fee-dee-bi-ru

   Thank you for your business card.

   Usage

   Used when receiving a business card in a formal setting

   Grammar Note

   Formal thanks is nifeedeebiru, based on nihwee. Kwacchiisabira means "let us receive the feast", a pre-meal formula, and cannot thank someone for a business card.

2. ミーティング ぬ じかん やいびーが？

   Mii-tin-gu nu ji-kan ya-i-bii-ga?

   When is the meeting scheduled?

   Usage

   Used to ask about meeting time

   Grammar Note

   "Miitingu" is borrowed from English "meeting" and used as-is in Ryukyuan.

3. うちなーむにし やくじょー みしてぃ くぃみそーれー

   U-chi-naa-mu-ni-shi ya-ku-joo mi-shi-ti kwi-mi-soo-ree

   Please show me the contract in Ryukyuan.

   Usage

   Used when requesting a contract document in Ryukyuan language

   Grammar Note

   "Contract" is yakujoo ('jakuzoo "agreement, contract, a business promise"). "Uchinaa-muni" means "Okinawan language"; muni is Ryukyuan for "language, words". The instrumental "by/in" is "shi" (as in "jin shi haraibiin"), so "uchinaamunishi" = in Ryukyuan. "Mishiti kwimisooree" = "please show me"

4. しぐとぅ ぬ はなし さびら

   Shi-gu-tu nu ha-na-shi sa-bi-ra

   Let's talk about business.

   Usage

   Used to open a business discussion

   Grammar Note

   "Work" is shigutu (sigutu); Japanese o corresponds regularly to Okinawan u, so the half-converted shigotu is wrong. "Talk" is hanashi (hanasi). Sabira is the polite volitional "let's".

5. やくじょー さびら

   Ya-ku-joo sa-bi-ra

   Let's make a contract.

   Usage

   Used to propose entering into a contract

   Grammar Note

   Yakujoo is 'jakuzoo "agreement, contract, a business promise". "Sabira" is a Ryukyuan polite suffix expressing a suggestion to do something together.

6. にふぇーでーびる

   Ni-fee-dee-bi-ru

   Thank you for the presentation.

   Usage

   Used to thank someone after a presentation

   Grammar Note

   Nifeedeebiru is the general formal expression of thanks. Kwacchiisabitan is the formula kwaQcii sjabitaN, "thank you for the meal", not thanks for a presentation.

7. よーさん ぬ たしかめー さびら

   Yoo-san nu ta-shi-ka-mee sa-bi-ra

   Let's confirm the budget.

   Usage

   Used to suggest confirming the budget

   Grammar Note

   "Yoosan" is the Ryukyuan variant of "yosan" (budget). "Tashikamee" means "to confirm".

8. うちなー ぬ かいしゃ んかい めーわく かけてぃ わっさいびーん

   U-chi-naa nu kai-sha n-kai mee-wa-ku ka-ke-ti was-sai-biin

   I apologize for causing trouble to the Okinawan company.

   Usage

   Used for formal business apologies

   Grammar Note

   "Wassaibiin" is the polite Ryukyuan apology equivalent to "sumimasen".

9. イーメール ぬ アドレス くぃみそーれー

   Ii-mee-ru nu a-do-re-su kwi-mi-soo-ree

   Could you please share your email address?

   Usage

   Used politely to ask for someone's email address

   Grammar Note

   "Kumisoree" is the highest honorific form in Ryukyuan, meaning "please do".

10. にふぇーでーびる

    Ni-fee-dee-bi-ru

    Thank you for the meeting.

    Usage

    Used at the end of a business meeting to express thanks

    Grammar Note

    Use the general formal thanks nifeedeebiru at the end of a meeting. Kwacchiisabitan is limited to the post-meal formula "thank you for the meal".

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