Lesson 1

Here’s the 1st lesson with Emilio Tripp serving as the “apprentice”.
Objective: Learn pronouns, nouns, simple sentence structure and pronunciation.

LESSON
The word for “I” is naa

Example: Combine the pronoun with a noun

The word for “You” is iim

Example: Combine the pronoun with a noun

The word for “He, She, and It” is a single word: uum

Example: Combine the pronoun with a noun

Uum akúnvaan He is a hunter
Uum víkaan She is a weaver
Uum víkar It is a basket.

Vaa and Pay are two very important pronouns meaning that and this. They are so commonly used that it is important to learn them.

Using the 2 words practice saying the wordlist using this example:

NOTE ON USAGE: It is common usage to add the prefix pa- to noun that is indicated by the pronouns vaa and pay. So, it is correct to say:

or (using the wordlist):

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