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Year: 2021

Lesson-3: Action Verbs

David Main, mmyles, ngobin
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Lesson 3: Action Verbs

ʔibəš – walk
təlawil – run
gʷədil – sit
kiis – stand
ʔitut – sleep
ʔəɬəd – eat
qʷuʔqʷaʔdid – drink
kʷukʷcut – cook

Question Words:

lədxʷčadəxʷ čəxʷ – Where are you going?
stab kʷi adsʔuhuy – What are you doing?

Sentences:

ʔuʔibəš čəd dxʷʔal ti store – I am walking to the store.
ʔutəlawil čəd dxʷʔal ti store – I am running to the store
ʔəsgʷədil čəd ʔal ti tibu – I am sitting on the table
ʔəsʔitut čəd – I am sleeping
ʔuʔəɬəd čəd – I am eating
ʔuqʷuʔqʷaʔdid čəd ʔə ti soda – I am drinking a soda
ʔukʷukʷcut čəd ʔə ti sgʷəlub – I am cooking chicken

You may have noticed that there are prefixes added when constructing a sentence. The ʔu- in the front adds –ing to the verb. The ʔəs- prefix is known as a state of being, which also adds an –ing to the verb.

Lesson-2: Nouns and Articles

David mmyles, ngobin
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Lesson-2: Nouns and Articles

ti syaʔyaʔ – male friend
tsi syaʔyaʔ – female friend
tsi sɬadəyʔ – woman
ti stubš – man
ti stutubš – boy
tsi sɬaɬədəyʔ – girl
ti John – John
tsi Jane – Jane

Questions:

ʔəsčal čəxʷ – How are you?
ʔəsčal čəxʷ ti dəgʷiʔ – And how are you?
ʔəsčal ti adsyaʔyaʔ – How is your (male) friend?
ʔəsčal tsi adsyaʔyaʔ – How is your (female) friend?
ʔəsčal ti stubš – How is the man?
ʔəsčal tsi sɬadəyʔ – How is the woman?
ʔəsčal ti adstutubš – How is your boy?
ʔəsčal tsi adsɬaɬədəyʔ- How is your girl?
ʔəsčal ti ǰun – How is John?
ʔəsčal tsi ǰin – How is Jane?

Replies:

ʔu… sʔušəbabdxʷ – Oh you poor thing
ʔu.. day̓ haʔɬ – Oh That’s good.
ʔačəda! – Oh my Goodness

Cultural component: ʔi – hello (as in many Native American languages, can also mean “yes”)

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