People Vocab
Let's learn to talk about one than one person at a time. Pay attention to the ending of each word, and try to remember how it is different than the word for the single person.
To talk about more than one of a person (rather than a thing), you add the ending -g. (Sometimes, the -g needs a vowel in front of it, making it -ug or -ig.) (When it comes after a -a or a -q, the ending is always -q, never -g.) And if the ending is added to -i or -u, those sounds come out as -i' and -u', as in gisigu'g.
Vocab 1
gisigu'g |
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old men | |
gisiguisgwaq |
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old women | |
ji'nmug |
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men | |
e'pijig |
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women |
Vocab 2
ji'nmji'jg |
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young men | |
e'pite'sg |
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young women | |
lpa'tujg |
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boys | |
e'pite'ji'jg |
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girls |
Vocab 3
mijua'ji'jg |
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young children, babies | |
qopisung |
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newborns |