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Lesson 2: Asking Questions About Location

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Created on October 30, 2025

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Asking Questions About Location

In palawa kani the word for 'where' is ngamala

- ngamala means 'where'

ngamala can occur before a pronoun (i.e nina) or a naming word (i.e John, girl) to request location. These questions follow the sentence pattern: ngamala + [pronoun/naming word]

Example:

Select the speaker icon below to hear the palawa kani questions. Then have a go at saying them out loud!

ngamala nina? Where are you? where you

Auio

ngamala John? Where is John? where john

ngamala pliri? Where is the boy? where boy

Next

Auio

Audio

Asking Questions About Location

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

Select the speaker icon below to hear the palawa kani questions & answer. Then have a go at saying them out loud!

Example:

where are you?

where you

ngamala nina?

Auio

mina Layrapinthi-ti

I am in Mussel Roe

I Mussel Roe in

Back

Next

Auio

Audio

Take a look a more examples on the next page!

Asking Questions About Location

Select the speaker icon below to hear the palawa kani questions & answers. Then have a go at saying them out loud!

Example:

ngamala Alex?

Where is Alex?

where Alex

Alex is in the Pieman River

Alex Pieman River in

Alex Ruyinrim-ti ?

Auio

Next

Auio

Back

Audio

Let's take a look at some more examples on the next page!

Asking Questions About Location

Select the speaker icon below to hear the palawa kani questions & answers. Then have a go at saying them out loud!

Example:

where girl

Where is the girl?

ngamala girl?

luwana Tipina-ti ?

The girl is in Midway Point

girl Midway Point in

Auio

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

Auio

Audio

Back

Finish

nayri!

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