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Nawat language program
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| Lesson 12 tay tikneki tikqa? (What would you like to eat?) |
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| tay tikneki tiqa? | What would you like to eat?
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| nikneki niqa ... | I'd like to eat ...
To say you like to do something, you use the verb "neki" and the verb that you want to do.
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| nikneki nikuni ... | I'd like to drink ...
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| tay tikpia? | What do you have?
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| at zupelek wan iyayu lala | Soft drinks and orange juice
"at" means "water", so "at zupelek" means "sweet water" or a "soft drink".
"iyayu" means "juice" and "lala" is orange.
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| Key Language |
| kalancin mutututcin | Your little bird is lovely
"cin" is added at the end of a word as a diminutive or as a sign of affection.
(It's like Sean -> Seanin in Irish).
"kalan" means lovely. "tutut" is bird so "mututucin" means "your lovely little bird"
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| ciltutut | "Red bird"
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| mumistuncin | Your little cat
"mistun" is "cat".
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| awilti | toy (pet name)
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| nusiwatmistun | My female cat
The word "siwat" is added to something to indicate that it is female. So,
"siwat" and "mistun" means "female cat".
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| nusiwatpelu | My female dog
"pelu" means "dog"
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