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Nawat language program
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| Lesson 1 yehyek tunal (Greetings) |
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| yehyek tunal | Good morning
It is used between dawn and midday.
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| ken tinemi? |
How are you?
"Ken" means how. Question words (like how) usually appear at the start of a sentance.
"nemi" is like the verb "to be" in English.
The person doing the action gets added to the start of the verb.
In this case, "ti" (meaning you") gets added to "nemi" to give us "tinemi" (which
means "you are").
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| naha ninemi yek. |
I'm fine.
"ni" is the verb part for "I", so "ninemi" means "I am".
"Naha" (I) can be ommitted as ninemi already includes the "I". Yek is good.
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| wan taha? |
And you?
"wan" means "and".
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| nusan yek. |
Also good.
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| padiux |
Thanks
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| Key Language |
| ken mutukay? | What's your name?
"ken" is what and "tukay" is name. "mu" means your. Therefore,
"mutukay" means your name.
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| nutukay | My name
"nu" means my and therefore "nutukay" means my name.
(In Nawat, you don't need the word "is").
You can use "naha" at the start if you like, but it's not necessary.
(Using "naha" means that you are emphasising the my part).
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| Key Language |
| kan tinemi? | Where do you live?
"kan" is "where". "nemi" means "to be" or "to live". "ti" is the "you" part.
Thus, "tinemi" means "you live".
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| ninemi | I am/I live
"ni" is the "me" part. It gets added at the front of verbs to show that I'm doing
the action. "ninemi" means "I am" or "I live".
You can use "naha" at the start if you like, but it's not necessary.
(Using "naha" means that you are emphasising the my part).
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| tik | in
"tik" means "in". We will be looking at "tik" later on in this course.
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| kan nemi ne muiknew |
Where does your family live?
Nothing is added to the verb in the 3rd person singular. "iknew" is family.
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