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Nawat language program
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| Lesson 4 weyka (The body) |
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| tesu ninemi yek | I don't feel good
"tesu" makes things negative, it's like "not"
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| neckukuya nuzuntekun | I have a headache
"nec" means "to me" (it is used with reflexive verbs). "kukuya" means "pain".
"zuntekun" is head, so "nuzuntekun" is my head.
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| kuni tinemi tesu yek | So you are not well
"kuni" means "therefor"
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| nusan neckukuya nuihti | I also have a pain in my stomach
"ihti" is stomach, so "nuihti" is "my stomach"
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| Key Language |
| ken itacixka mutatanoy? | How is your grandfather (describe your grandfather)?
"ken" means "how".
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| nutatanoy tumawak, xulet wan capacin | My grandfather is fat, old and short
"tumawak", "xulet" y "capacin" mean "fat", "old" y "short" respectively.
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| ken itacixka muikaw? | How is your sister (describe your sister)?
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| nuikaw picawak, kohtik wan kalancin (ken naha) | My sister is slim, tall and good looking (like me)
"picawak", "kohtik" and "kalancin" mean "slim", "tall" and "good looking" respectively.
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| Key Language |
| tumawak mutatanoy? | Is your grandfather fat?
Note how easy it is to make a question ... simply raise the intonation at the end of
the sentance.
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| kia tumawak nutatanoy | Yes, my grandfather's fat
"kia" means "yes"
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| tumawak muikaw? | Is your sister fat?
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| tesu tumawak. Yaha picawak. | She's not fat. She's slim.
"tesu" implies negative, in this case not.
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