Traveling with Kids

1. Podètz portar una cadièra nauta, se vos plai?

   Could you bring a high chair, please?

   Usage

   Asking a restaurant for a seat for a small child

   Grammar Note

   Composed from attested words: cadièra (chair) + nauta (high) gives "high chair". The 2nd-person plural podètz makes the request polite

2. Ont es lo parc de jòcs?

   Where is the playground?

   Usage

   Asks where children can play

   Grammar Note

   Composed: parc (park) + de jòcs (of games). Ont es ...? is the standard way to ask where something is

3. Mon mainatge a besonh d'anar als comuns.

   My child needs to use the toilet.

   Usage

   Useful when you need a toilet quickly with a child

   Grammar Note

   Composed. comuns (plural) means toilets; als = a + los. aver besonh de + infinitive means "need to"

4. Mon filh a sièis ans.

   My son is six years old.

   Usage

   Giving a child's age; for a daughter say Ma filha

   Grammar Note

   Composed. Age is expressed with aver (to have). Mind the accent in sièis

5. Es gratuit pels mainatges?

   Is it free for children?

   Usage

   Asks about admission or fares

   Grammar Note

   Composed. pels = per + los. A question is made by intonation alone, with no change in word order

6. Ai perdut mon mainatge!

   I have lost my child!

   Usage

   Said urgently to bystanders or staff when a child is missing

   Grammar Note

   Composed. ai (have) + perdut (past participle of perdre) forms the perfect tense

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