Here are some weights and
measures (old and new) used for fresh foods (also, of course, used for
preserved food and other materials). Since they are used with numbers you do
not usually need to know the plurals.
|
gram
|
gram
|
|
kilogram
|
kilogram
|
|
ouns
|
ounce
|
|
qwarter
|
quarter
|
|
peuns (poos)
|
pound
(weight)
|
|
men poos
|
stone
|
|
canspoos
|
hundredweight
|
|
tonnas
|
ton
|
|
Me a bernas pajar gram a
safòrn.
|
I
bought 4g of saffron.
|
|
Me a venja pemp kilogram a
lavalow.
|
I
would like 5kg of apples.
|
|
Ma odhom dhebm a üdn men
poos a dettis.
|
I
need 1st of potatoes.
|
Foods with longer shelf
lives come in all sorts of packaging; here are some examples:
|
fardel a
de
|
a
packet of tea
|
|
pot a vel
|
a
pot of honey
|
|
jorrik a jam
|
a
jar of jam
|
|
botel a win
|
a
bottle of wine
|
|
kisten a ys
|
a
box of cereal
|
|
sten a fav
|
a
tin of beans
|
|
canna a domatys devenys
|
a
can of chopped tomatoes
|
|
piben a dos kennin
|
a
tube of garlic paste
|
|
linen a onyon
|
a
string of onions
|
|
sagh a durnyp
|
a
sack of turnips
|
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