Wednesday 10th July
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Revision of conversation practice using question words:
Nyarrpara - Where? Nyiya - What? Nyiyaku - Why?/For what? Nyangurla - When? Ngana - Who? Click here for worksheet Click here for answer sheet Follow up:
Q. Nyarrpara kurra-npa yanu, jalangu? - Where did you go today? A. Ngurra-kurra-rna yanu, jarda-kurra - I went home to sleep A. Japi-kirra -rna yanu - I went to the shop A. Pirli -kirra yanurna (photo-maninjaku, watiyaku- I went to the hill (to take photos of trees) A. Ngajurna karlaja yarla panu-nyayirni - I dug up lots of bush potatoes |
Read book aloud: Wirlinyi manyjiki-wana
Book Vocab:
Yirnmi - cooked (not raw)
Manyjiki - camping overnight/holiday
Ngami - deep water carrier
Jarda(lku) - Sleeping (now)
Pirda(lku) - Full/ not hungry (now)
ngarnti - before/ ready for eg. jardalku ngarnti - before sleep.
Book Vocab:
Yirnmi - cooked (not raw)
Manyjiki - camping overnight/holiday
Ngami - deep water carrier
Jarda(lku) - Sleeping (now)
Pirda(lku) - Full/ not hungry (now)
ngarnti - before/ ready for eg. jardalku ngarnti - before sleep.
Other words and phrases:
Parra jingi-jingi - All day
Munga jingi-jingi - All night
Yarlungka - outside
Jardangku kaju pinyi - I'm tired (Sleep is attacking me)
Ngajurna ngurrpa - I am ignorant/ I don't know
You can also say 'Karija, ngajurna ngurrpa' - Search me, I don't know
-waja - to 'reckon'/ to think, added to the ends of anything in the sentence.
Parra jingi-jingi - All day
Munga jingi-jingi - All night
Yarlungka - outside
Jardangku kaju pinyi - I'm tired (Sleep is attacking me)
Ngajurna ngurrpa - I am ignorant/ I don't know
You can also say 'Karija, ngajurna ngurrpa' - Search me, I don't know
-waja - to 'reckon'/ to think, added to the ends of anything in the sentence.