Lesson 2: Asking Questions About Location

Asking Questions About Location

In palawa kani the word for 'where' is ngamala

- ngamala (where)

ngamala can occur before a pronoun (i.e nina) or a naming word (i.e John, girl) to request location.

Example:

These questions follow the sentence pattern: ngamala + [pronoun/naming word]

Click the speaker icon below to hear the sentences. Then, repeat them three times aloud.

ngamala nina? where you

(Where are you?)

ngamala John? where john

(Where is John?)

ngamala pliri? where boy

(Where is the boy?)

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Question & Response

Let's take a look at how these questions look in a Question & Answer scenario.

1. Press the speaker icon to listen to the sentence2. Say the sentence aloud three times 3. Write & voice record the sentences in your Language Library

Example:

(where are you?)

where you

ngamala nina?

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mina Layrapinthi-ti

(I am in Mussel Roe)

I Mussel Roe in

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Questions & Response

1. Press the speaker icon to listen to the sentence2. Say the sentence aloud three times 3. Write & voice record the sentences in your Language Library

Example:

(Where is Alex?)

where Alex

ngamala Alex?

(Alex is in the Pieman River)

Alex Pieman River in

Alex Ruyinrim-ti ?

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Asking Questions About Location

1. Press the speaker icon to listen to the sentence2. Say the sentence aloud three times 3. Write & voice record the sentences in your Language Library

Example:

where girl

(Where is the girl?)

ngamala girl?

luwana Tipina-ti ?

(The girl is in Midway Point)

girl Midway Point in

Remember: palawa kani dosen't have linking words like 'in', 'is' or 'the'

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FINISH

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