Wardaman Language Lesson: Intro
Yidumduma teaching some Wardaman words at Menngen community, 2006.
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• Transcript
Italics= your gloss, Bill’s definition
Normal= Paul’s comments
Ngamanda – good morning
(actually means ‘what’, as it ‘what’s up?’, a greeting)
Nijingin – you and I sit
Ngayi-jingin
Juwi – see you
Nganjawan – I go now
(Grammar has ‘nganjagan’)
Nga-jingin duba – you and I sit here
Ngayi-jingin duba
Nanga jingi – go over there
Nangarr jingi – you (go) sit nearby!
Duba jingin – you go over sit there
Duba jingi – you sit down!
Ngamanda wo – what for
Ngamanda-wu
Mardin ngarralma ludba – word, you and I gotta talk it
Madin ngayi-ngorlogba
Yowo – yes
Ngamanda-warang mardin – what’s the word
Ngamanda-ma(?) madin
Gudang-ba … – where did you come from
Gudang-ba nyangandi
Daungba – from over there
Dawung-ba
Yirrgulun – from river
Yirrgulu-wa
Muragin – shade
Laglan – place
Jolbord – house
Nga-gurrgba – you and I sleep
Ngayi-gurrgba
Gurrgbiyi
Gurrgbayi