Holding the floor Grammar
11.4.5.2 Yielding-the-floor expressions
a Mmmm Mmmm is said with a long drawn-out sound and a final low pitch which signals that the speaker has now finished what he wants to say and the floor is open. b Teobi Teobi ‗that‘s all thus only‘ is used by the speaker at the end of an account of a trip or incident that has happened. The expected response to teobi is Ajáj, Aaaa, or Mmmm. c Teob ito Teob ito ‗thus it was, you understand‘ is a variation of teobi ‗that‘s all‘. The speaker says, ―This is the way it was ‖ to make sure the listener heard and understood his comments. The expected response to teob ito is Ajáj andor another yielding-the-floor expression. d Teje If the speaker views what he has told you as being selected from a larger corpus body of information, he will often close with teje ‗thus far to there‘. The expected response would be ajáj, or another yielding-the-floor expression. e Ajáj Ajáj ‗agreement‘ is often used to terminate an answer to a question, as though the speaker was saying, ―That‘s my answer and I agree with it. ‖ The expected response is ajáj or another yielding-the-floor expression. f Pitogwa Pitogwa ‗ListenHeed‘ is used at the end of a speech or exhortation. The expected response would be yerba ‗good‘ with a final quickly raised pitch which leaves the floor open. g Pitomalgo Pitomalgo ‗let‘s all listen toheed this‘ is also used at the end of a speech, or exhortation. The expected response to this is yerba ‗good‘ with a final quickly raised pitch which leaves the floor open. h Pela Pela ‗finished‘ is used to terminate a meeting, discussion, work party, etc. The expected response is ajáj or napíra. Although there are other more complex endings, they usually contain at least one of the above. Examples Speaker: 1. Teje unila an chogdo. ‗To here, is all I say.‘ 2. Egdin bal chummakedbal nikchul. ‗I have nothing further to say.‘ 3. Teob ito. ‗That‘s itthus it was, you hearunderstand.‘ Listener: 4. Ajáj. Mmmm. ‗Oh Mmmm. floor is open for anyone to speak.‘11.4.6 Waiving the floor
Often a speaker is speaking to a group of people, but one of the people is the real object of his comments or the listeners have a known order of rank which dictates who may take the floor first. If on the speaker ‘s yielding-the-floor, the main person spoken to or the status person wishes to leave the floor ―free,‖ he may do so by using the the waiving-the-floor expression. 136 Conversation Continuance11.4.6.1 Yerba Yerba
‗good‘ is used to express approval of a formal speech, exhortation, etc., and is usually made by the person of highest status in the group and chorused by the rest of the listeners. 11.4.6.2 Other waiving-the-floor expressions All other waiving-the-floor expressions are based on the long Mmmm. 1 Mmmm The elongated Mmmm response by the listener is his waiver of the right to the floor. 2 Teobi, mmmm Teobi , mmmm ‗so that is how it was, oh‘ is used in response to a teob conclusion. The teobi is said echo fashion. 3 Ajáj, mmmm Ajáj , mmmm ‗agreement‘ is used with closures other than teob. 11.4.7 Farewell Ex. 5 –14 When all the topics of the conversation have been handled and it is time for people to take their leave, farewells are said. Generally speaking, the person leaving nods farewell or points a finger in farewell to all people present in order of decreasing social status.11.4.7.1 General farewell Nade
‗goodbye‘ may be used on all occasions. It is used regardless of whether this is the last planned contact of the day or not.11.4.7.2 Farewell with intended return the same day
1 Kujal Kujal ‗later‘ is used when the person expects to see the person he is leaving again that day. 2 Negwelo Negwelo ‗I‘m going for a little while‘ implies an immediate return.11.4.7.3 Farewell with intended return the following day
1 Panmalopanmal Panmalo panmal ‗until tomorrow‘ is used as the last expected farewell of the day. 2 Panzhe Panzhe ‗that‘ll be all until tomorrow‘ is used as the last farewell of the day when something has been left incomplete because of time, weariness or some other reason. The intention is to continue the activity or conversation the following day. 11.4.7.4 Farewell until sometime in the future In the case of farewell until some future date, -che-je-zhe ‗until‘ is added to the time word which represents the time that is expected to elapse before the next meeting. Examples Ibabakeje. ‗Until four days‘ time‘ Yolzhe. ‗Until summer.‘Parts
» LCDD 14 Paya Kuna. LCDD 14 Paya Kuna
» ulu Pronunciation of individual vowel and lenis consonant sounds
» Mai versus chi Use of personal pronouns The first and second person personal pronouns an
» Dialogue Vocabulary LCDD 14 Paya Kuna. LCDD 14 Paya Kuna
» Pronunciation of individual fortis consonant sounds Ex. 4 –8
» Vowel length Ex. 9 Pronunciation
» Distinguishing between fortis and lenis consonants Ex. 10 –27
» Consonant clusters Ex. 28 Pronunciation
» Word order Ex. 29 –30 Grammar
» Intonation patterns of questions and answers Ex. 4 –10
» tada Pronunciation of consonants at the beginning of a word
» kobe Pronunciation of consonants at the beginning of a word
» chobe Pronunciation of consonants at the beginning of a word
» sagla Pronunciation of consonants at the beginning of a word
» mama Pronunciation of consonants at the beginning of a word
» nana Pronunciation of consonants at the beginning of a word
» lele Pronunciation of consonants at the beginning of a word
» Pronunciation of monosyllabic words Ex. 11
» Dialogue Culture LCDD 14 Paya Kuna. LCDD 14 Paya Kuna
» Intransitive sentence word order
» Vocabulary LCDD 14 Paya Kuna. LCDD 14 Paya Kuna
» Pronunciation of consonants at the end of words Ex. 3
» zhw is pronounced like su in
» mw does not occur in English, but there should be no difficulty in producing this sound.
» kw is pronounced almost like cu in cuarto
» gw is pronounced almost like gu in agua
» tw is pronounced almost like tu in santuario
» dw is pronounced almost like du in Eduardo
» chw is pronounced almost like chu in tachuela
» Verb tense in completive aspect Verb form in completive aspect Ex. 8 –10
» Confirmation please repeat questions
» Dialogue LCDD 14 Paya Kuna. LCDD 14 Paya Kuna
» Conversation Listing Pronunciation and Intonation Ex. 1 –4
» aktigal kabo Numbers Ex. 5 –15
» tagar kabo Numbers Ex. 5 –15
» karta kabo Numbers Ex. 5 –15
» nalas kagan kabo Numbers Ex. 5 –15
» achu walanerkwa Numbers Ex. 5 –15
» kukualed walaatal Numbers Ex. 5 –15
» mas walbake walabake Numbers Ex. 5 –15
» puwal walpá walapá Numbers Ex. 5 –15
» mas walakugle Numbers Ex. 5 –15
» kallin kwabo Numbers Ex. 5 –15
» kwi kwakugle Numbers Ex. 5 –15
» Tad kwagwenna chi. Numbers Ex. 5 –15
» ulgo matabo Numbers Ex. 5 –15
» wini matabake Numbers Ex. 5 –15
» Culture sabured koanerkwa LCDD 14 Paya Kuna. LCDD 14 Paya Kuna
» kachi koakugle LCDD 14 Paya Kuna. LCDD 14 Paya Kuna
» yogal koapabak LCDD 14 Paya Kuna. LCDD 14 Paya Kuna
» mol koaambe LCDD 14 Paya Kuna. LCDD 14 Paya Kuna
» chan koanerkwa LCDD 14 Paya Kuna. LCDD 14 Paya Kuna
» chowal chaglanerkwa LCDD 14 Paya Kuna. LCDD 14 Paya Kuna
» chia chaglakugle LCDD 14 Paya Kuna. LCDD 14 Paya Kuna
» kunnu chaglapabak LCDD 14 Paya Kuna. LCDD 14 Paya Kuna
» ogob chaglabakebak LCDD 14 Paya Kuna. LCDD 14 Paya Kuna
» Listing Things and events in Kuna are listed in their long form, and the conjunction tegine
» Conversational intonation Ex. 1 –2 Disclaimer nothing-special-is-happening response Ex. 3
» Pointing Counting with fingers
» Eswal mai. Positional verbs Ex. 4 –5
» Aktigal mai. Positional verbs Ex. 4 –5
» Karpa chi. Positional verbs Ex. 4 –5
» Nalas chi. Positional verbs Ex. 4 –5
» Kan chi. Positional verbs Ex. 4 –5
» Pude chi. Positional verbs Ex. 4 –5
» Esmed chi. Positional verbs Ex. 4 –5
» Kachi nai. Positional verbs Ex. 4 –5
» Kukualed nai. Positional verbs Ex. 4 –5
» Choul nai. Positional verbs Ex. 4 –5
» Nuzha ampa nai. Positional verbs Ex. 4 –5
» Yannu ampa nai. Positional verbs Ex. 4 –5
» Pagla kwichi. Positional verbs Ex. 4 –5
» Achu wegin un. Positional verbs Ex. 4 –5
» Mol mai. Positional verbs Ex. 4 –5
» Mol chi. Positional verbs Ex. 4 –5
» Mol pukwa. Positional verbs Ex. 4 –5
» Machi mai. Positional verbs Ex. 4 –5
» Mu chi. Positional verbs Ex. 4 –5
» Pun chi. Positional verbs Ex. 4 –5
» Machi chi. Positional verbs Ex. 4 –5
» Pedro saglaga mai. Positional verbs Ex. 4 –5
» Alvaro tummadga mai. Positional verbs Ex. 4 –5
» Juan, Luisbal nai. Positional verbs Ex. 4 –5
» Present progressive tense-aspect Ex. 6 –9
» Dialogue Mimmi kabzhi. LCDD 14 Paya Kuna. LCDD 14 Paya Kuna
» Wag kabgwis. LCDD 14 Paya Kuna. LCDD 14 Paya Kuna
» Disclaimer nothing-special-is-happening response Ex. 10
» Unit price intonation pattern Ex. 4 –5
» Culture LCDD 14 Paya Kuna. LCDD 14 Paya Kuna
» tagar kukbo Numbers Ex. 6 –19
» tagar kukukugle Numbers Ex. 6 –19
» Kaie negchaled tanpá. Numbers Ex. 6 –19
» Nagwal tananerkwa. Numbers Ex. 6 –19
» Illustrated comparisons of Group I and Group III number prefixes
» Money units Ostigid libergwen.
» Mol tarpabak. maniatal Numbers Ex. 6 –19
» olmanitulagwen kakaambe Numbers Ex. 6 –19
» tummibo pirkaambe Numbers Ex. 6 –19
» ni walanerkwa Numbers Ex. 6 –19
» Response by repetition Pronunciation and Intonation
» Yielding-the-floor response Ex. 1 –4 Pronunciation and Intonation
» Aspects of topographical features
» Locative adverbs Adverbs of location which usually occur without a stated reference point
» Pronunciation: Tracking and Mimicry Ex. 1 –3
» Word order of a noun phrase Ex. 4 –5
» cheredzhuli nuedzhuli LCDD 14 Paya Kuna. LCDD 14 Paya Kuna
» kollojuli totojuli tummajuli LCDD 14 Paya Kuna. LCDD 14 Paya Kuna
» muiduli LCDD 14 Paya Kuna. LCDD 14 Paya Kuna
» istarchuli LCDD 14 Paya Kuna. LCDD 14 Paya Kuna
» arradzhaled chiayob Colors Ex. 7 –10
» Attributive sentence Ex. 11 –14 olobijuli
» Existence sentence Ex. 15 olobijuli
» Quantity 39 –42 Useful expressions 43 –45 Vocabulary
» Pronunciation Ex. 1 –3 LCDD 14 Paya Kuna. LCDD 14 Paya Kuna
» Nan mas tune. Verb tense-aspect future Ex. 4 –7
» Nan mas tuo. Verb tense-aspect future Ex. 4 –7
» Eswal ilagin kwichio. Verb tense-aspect future Ex. 4 –7
» Including an additional participant in an action Ex. 8 –9
» An machiga chogzha. Indirect object Ex. 14
» Pronunciation: Intonation of Conversation Sustainers Ex. 1 –3
» Establishment of topic Ex. 4
» Sustaining the topic Grammar
» Pan an ne. ‗I am going tomorrow.‘
» An pedu ne. ‗I‘m going to go on ahead of you.‘
» An pe cholbal ne. ‗I‘m going to go after you.‘
» Mas kunnoedgin iti ina kobo.
» An kinki elisgu an immal aminad.
» Pronunciation Ex. 1 –2 LCDD 14 Paya Kuna. LCDD 14 Paya Kuna
» Extended use of -gad-kad -gad-kad is used in the sense of
» tulegan Concept of pluralization Ex. 6 –18
» yannumal Concept of pluralization Ex. 6 –18
» omemal LCDD 14 Paya Kuna. LCDD 14 Paya Kuna
» nanmal LCDD 14 Paya Kuna. LCDD 14 Paya Kuna
» nanzhelmal LCDD 14 Paya Kuna. LCDD 14 Paya Kuna
» ¿Igi kude? Verb ku ‘to happenbecome’
» ¿Igi kunani? Verb ku ‘to happenbecome’
» ¿Igi kudi? Verb ku ‘to happenbecome’
» ¿Igi kus? Verb ku ‘to happenbecome’
» ¿Igi an kuo? Verb ku ‘to happenbecome’
» ¿Igi ankin kuo? Verb ku ‘to happenbecome’
» Teob kus. Verb ku ‘to happenbecome’
» Tegin tar mecha. ‗Then he killed it.‘
» Change-of-topic marker te choggudina Te
» Te ulal pe anka akan pid pakena That’s exactly why you have to buy me another one.‘
» Pronunciation Ex. 1 –4 LCDD 14 Paya Kuna. LCDD 14 Paya Kuna
» Preparatory aspect –chogal-zhogal-jogal Ex. 7–8
» Habitual aspect condition Ex. 9 –10
» Response to the habitual aspect condition Ex. 11
» Purpose suffix -gal-kal Ex. 13 –15
» turwigal LCDD 14 Paya Kuna. LCDD 14 Paya Kuna
» Pedro saglaje ekisbi. LCDD 14 Paya Kuna. LCDD 14 Paya Kuna
» An saglaga pegin chogzha. ‗I told the chief about you.‘
» An saglaga pebal chogzha. ‗I told the chief what you said.‘
» An saglaje pegin ekichis. ‗I asked the chief about you in general, How are
» Direct speech An saglaje pebal ekichis. ‗I asked the chief about what you said.‘
» Verbs of thinking An saglaje pebal ekichis. ‗I asked the chief about what you said.‘
» Exclusive action adverb unila ‘only’ Ex. 28
» Vocabulary Dialogue LCDD 14 Paya Kuna. LCDD 14 Paya Kuna
» Intonation of commands Ex.1 –2
» Very polite commands ¡Kwiskuma ‗I told you to stand up‘
» Indirect command The word meke
» Pemal, anche tagmalo. Commands: DirectPolite Ex. 3 –21
» Pemal, wis negwelmalo. Commands: DirectPolite Ex. 3 –21
» Uadin, toto chul. Negatives Ex. 22 –30
» Culture Ampayo. ‗Not yet.‘ Vocabulary
» ¡Tage Motion verbs Ex. 5 –13
» Eye. Natab. Motion verbs Ex. 5 –13
» Tago, tegil. Motion verbs Ex. 5 –13
» Pe nao. Motion verbs Ex. 5 –13
» Eye, an natab. Motion verbs Ex. 5 –13
» Pan, pe tagbalo. Motion verbs Ex. 5 –13
» An tanibal. Motion verbs Ex. 5 –13
» Carlos anche tani. Motion verbs Ex. 5 –13
» Eye, peje natap. Motion verbs Ex. 5 –13
» Carlos peje ne. Motion verbs Ex. 5 –13
» Eye, anche tani. Motion verbs Ex. 5 –13
» Carlos anmalzhe tani. Motion verbs Ex. 5 –13
» An pirkal tani. ‗I‘ve come but not to stay.‘
» An meg tani. ‗I‘ve come to overnight.‘
» Story-telling intonation Ex. 1 –3 Pronunciation
» Good story-telling style Pronunciation
» Dialogue Toas, an imas. ‗Bang I shot it.‘
» ¡Motok Mer-mer-mer-mer pes. ‗Thud His wings went whir-whir-whir-whir.‘
» Ul tummad noni; ul chichidi. ‗A big canoe arrived; a black canoe.‘
» Peripheral element omitted in the main clause and unexpanded in the postpredicate position
» An mol ukcha; nanga. ‗I gave the cloth to Mother.‘
» An ne; mutik. ‗I am going tonight.‘
» Koe un; chapurbal. ‗A deer is in the jungle.‘
» An ne; negzhe. ‗I am going to go home.‘
» Machi ne; kueye-kueye. ‗The boy is going to go quickly.‘
» Machi ua ukcha; nanga. ‗The boy gave the fish to Mother.‘
» Machi nanga ua ukcha; nanga. ‗The boy gave Mother the fish.‘
» Machi achu parpad mecha; achu tummadi.
» Culture Vocabulary LCDD 14 Paya Kuna. LCDD 14 Paya Kuna
» kobed LCDD 14 Paya Kuna. LCDD 14 Paya Kuna
» Positional verb of motion Ex. 6 In Lesson 6, the positional verbs mai
» Mas chike. LCDD 14 Paya Kuna. LCDD 14 Paya Kuna
» Chapurbal ne; antin. ‗I am going to the jungle.‘
» Nad; Luisdin. ‗Louis, went.‘
» Monologue LCDD 14 Paya Kuna. LCDD 14 Paya Kuna
» Machergandin nabir we tak. ‗The men are allowed to look at that.‘
» Tegin antin kannan negzhe nadzhun. ‗Consequently I went back home.‘
» odurta okun ogob LCDD 14 Paya Kuna. LCDD 14 Paya Kuna
» Melle neg chobgal machi imako.
» Machi chikles. Impersonal passive suffix -le-lle Ex. 13
» Koe makles. Impersonal passive suffix -le-lle Ex. 13
» We nugu kullege. Impersonal passive suffix -le-lle Ex. 13
» An obap. Habitual behavior aspect
» Ome mas chuap. Habitual behavior aspect
» An tulemalzhe ekisap. Habitual behavior aspect
» Folktale LCDD 14 Paya Kuna. LCDD 14 Paya Kuna
» Pronunciation Ex. 1 –4 Culture LCDD 14 Paya Kuna. LCDD 14 Paya Kuna
» Pablo te mecha. ‗Paul killed it that same one.‘
» An te ukcha. ‗I sold it that same one.‘
» Amal. Indefinite and indeterminate pronouns .1 Indefinite pronouns
» General principles used in construction of more common contrary-to-fact sentences
» Machi eswal tub nikujalen, ua chwajan.
» An Payche arpiilen, Luis takchan. An neelen, an wartikuoen.
» An motor pin nikalen, an Panamaje naoen
» Machi toto kammaiilen, tadbak nadzhulin
» Mol webal naiilen, wartikunen.
» Wishing optative An mol pakneelen, an pega pakmogoen.
» ¿Piawa? ‗Where could it possibly be?‘
» ¿Inkwawa? ‗When could it possibly happen?‘
» ¿Ibiwa? ‗What‘s wrong? Lit.: What possibly?‘
» A yannudin igalgin mellemai. ‗That peccary was sprawled out on the trail.‘ Vocabulary
» Long forms LCDD 14 Paya Kuna. LCDD 14 Paya Kuna
» Tegine makchabal. LCDD 14 Paya Kuna. LCDD 14 Paya Kuna
» e., not: words LCDD 14 Paya Kuna. LCDD 14 Paya Kuna
» Reason LCDD 14 Paya Kuna. LCDD 14 Paya Kuna
» Problem Speaking only Kuna will increase cultural stress.
» The necessity of setting a limit to the exceptions
» Opportunities LCDD 14 Paya Kuna. LCDD 14 Paya Kuna
» Methods LCDD 14 Paya Kuna. LCDD 14 Paya Kuna
» Noting the setting LCDD 14 Paya Kuna. LCDD 14 Paya Kuna
» Gestures Note the accompanying gestures and facial expressions.
» Language learning expressions LCDD 14 Paya Kuna. LCDD 14 Paya Kuna
» Eliciting information138 LCDD 14 Paya Kuna. LCDD 14 Paya Kuna
» Correcting It is important that the people correct you all the time. Now this is hard to do.
» Keep going LCDD 14 Paya Kuna. LCDD 14 Paya Kuna
» Evaluate yourself LCDD 14 Paya Kuna. LCDD 14 Paya Kuna
» Living LCDD 14 Paya Kuna. LCDD 14 Paya Kuna
» Time LCDD 14 Paya Kuna. LCDD 14 Paya Kuna
» Planning your contacts with people
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