Confirmation please repeat questions

44 Questions

4.5 VOCABULARY

1. toa ‗Who?Whom?‘ 2. ibi ‗What?‘ 3. inkwa ‗When?‘ 4. pia ‗Where?‘ 5. igi ‗How?‘ 6. waga ‗outsider‘ 7. tule ‗Kunaperson‘ 8. ome ‗womanwife‘ 9. macheredi ‗manhusband‘ 10. machi ‗boy‘ 11. puna ‗girl‘ 12. mimmi ‗little girl, baby‘ 13. sagla ‗chief‘ 14. tada ‗elder‘ 15. paba ‗father‘ 16. nana ‗mother‘ 17. mu ‗matrongrandmother‘ 18. mani ‗money‘ 19. mama ‗manioc‘ 20. naba ‗gourd‘ 45 5 TRADE LANGUAGE

5.1 Dialogue

Trade often brings people of different languages and cultures together. The following dialogue is typical in such situations. A villager comes up to a trader selling goods: 1. Villager: ¿Igi kude? ‗How are you?‘ 2. Trader: Nued. ¿Pedin? ‗Fine, and you?‘ 3. Villager: Ampala. ¿Ibi nika uked? ‗So-so. What do you have to sell?‘ 4. Trader: Mola, ezha, palu; tegine akwati. ‗Cloth, machetes, salt and kerosene.‘ 5. Villager: ¿Igi mani? ‗How much?‘ 6. Trader: ¿Piti? ‗Which?‘ 7. Villager: Esdina. ‗The machetes.‘ 8. Trader: Karta kabo. ‗Two dollars.‘ 9. Villager: Mmm. ¿Paludin? ‗Hmm; and the salt?‘ 10. Trader: Manigwen. ‗One real nickel.‘ 11. Villager: Ajáj. An akwati pei. Galongwen, tongwen eg maniatal, jaj? ‗Okay. I want kerosene. A gallon costs .75, doesn‘t it?‘ 12. Trader: Eye. ‗Yes that‘s right.‘ 13. Villager: An galongwen pakne tegil. ‗Okay then, I‘ll buy a gallon.‘ 14. Trader: Ajáj. ‗Fine.‘ Money and kerosene change hands. 15. Villager: Pela. An nebi. ‗That‘s all. I‘ll be going.‘ 16. Trader: Ajáj. ‗Okay.‘ 17. Villager: Nade. ‗Good-bye.‘ 18. Trader: Eye. ‗Good-bye.‘

5.2 Pronunciation and Intonation Ex. 1 –4

5.2.1 Conversation

Increase your ability to control the intonation patterns of Kuna conversation by doing the following drills. Exercise 1 . Intonation drill Mimic the teacher in Dialogue 5.1 by humming the intonation. Pay special attention to the intonation differences between questions and answers. Exercise 2 . Intonation drill Mimic the teacher in Dialogue 5.1 doing your best to formulate individual sounds 1 without slowing down, or 2 without losing the intonation pattern.

5.2.2 Listing

Listing has a special intonation pattern which needs to be learned.