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Lesson 3: WORD ORDER

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Lesson 3: Describing Words & Word Order

When introducing who you are, you may like to provide more information to describle yourself. ​rrala means strong. It belongs to a category of words called describing words (adjectives). Click the speaker icon to hear the word, then say it aloud three times. ​​

rrala

strong

Auio

In palawa kani sentences are put together in a different word order than they are in English. This is common in many Australian Aboriginal languages. In palawa kani, describing words always come after the naming word (noun) ( , etc) or pronoun ( , etc) that they describe. Let's see how this works on the following page.

nina

luwana

Palawa

mina​​

To read more on this, see page 10 of the mina tunapri nina kani palawa kani Dictionary, 2019.

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Auio

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Language Library

mina waypa rrala

1. Click the speaker icon to hear the sentences 2. Repeat the sentences out loud three times 3. Write & voice record the sentences in your language library

I man strong

(I am a strong man)

mina rrala

mina luna rrala

I strong

I woman strong

Auio

(I am strong)

(I am a strong woman)

Auio

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