Today we will continue with questions. The word of the day is kani-who. Like the other question words, it is placed at the beginning of the sentence and you are asking “who.” kani yayna sle-a? Who sees the mountain? A good response is: ni yayna sle-a. Of course the response […]
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In keeping with the theme of the week we will move on to another question type. Today we will be looking at: “when/where” questions. To make a when/where question, you add the word :dada to the beginning of the sentence. ni yayna sle-a. I see the mountain. This becomes: dada […]
Today’s question is how to write the question that asks: “how.” This question is made by adding to a sentence the word: “waq.” ni yayna sle-a. I see the mountain. waq ni yayna sle-a? How do I see the mountain? As other questions, you need to change the pronoun if […]
In keeping with the theme of the week, we will continue with making questions. Today we will make questions asking “why.” The structure we need to use is: “waq giok.” As a stand alone phrase, this can be used to ask: “Why?” When asking a question using an existing sentence […]
This week we will be we will be examining questions. Today’s question is : how to ask a yes/no question. Of all of the questions, this is the easiest. Whatever your sentence is you add the word: “dal” to the beginning of the sentence. My demonstration sentence is: ni yayna […]
snewetsla means to take a wife ona hot snewetsla-yesterday he took a wife-got married. *We will add voice recording on Monday 6/29
dic mbosant nanokens!Good morning everyone!gen waytas wonipniks gi.Today is Thursday. Today, we will continue with the -la suffix. But we will take a turn away from foods. to regular life.Remember that this suffix is added to nouns to make verbs. The noun I am thinking of is the noun for […]
This week we have been looking at the suffix -la. It changes a noun into a verb. Including today, the nouns were food that was made into the verb that means to gather the food. Today’s word of the Day is kpok-gooseberry. So, the verb will mean to gather gooseberries. Our […]
In keeping with the pattern started yesterday, we will examine a second noun+-la. The suffix -la is a way of turning a noun into a verb. Today’s Word of the Dat is: iwamla-gathering huckleberries. Everybody gathers huckleberries nanok iwamla.
dic mbosant nanokens!Good morning everyone!gen waytas lobini gi. I would like to examine this week the verbal suffix -la. Generally this suffix is used to mean gather or collect whatever noun you attach it to. The first example we will look at today is: wokasla-gather wokas.Wokas was a main stay […]