Overview: nina nayri?

Module 5: nina nayri?

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nina nayri?

Overview

In this module, you will practise short dialogues for everyday social exchanges and develop your ability to communicate in everyday situations. You will build up a vocabulary of feeling words in palawa kani and use them to ask and respond to questions about feelings.Building on familiar pronouns and naming words (nouns) from previous modules, you will expand on your language with a new set of describing words (adjectives). You will practise recognising, pronouncing, and using these words in short conversational patterns that reflect common social interactions. Activities are designed to reinforce confidence in speaking and listening, while strengthening understanding of palawa kani word order.

nina nayri?

mina nayri-mapali!

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Learning Objectives

By the end of this module, you will be able to:​

• Use describing words (adjectives) to express wellbeing.
• Ask and respond to simple questions about feelings.
• Use familiar pronouns and nouns with new describing words in simple sentence patterns.
• Demonstrate understanding of palawa kani word order [naming word] + [describing word]

Target Langauge

• Pronouns:
• Describing words (adjectives):

• Interjections:
• Naming words (nouns) :

nara/he/she,

nara-mapali/they,

waranta/we

mapali/very,

ranana/cold,

putiya nayri/no good,

nayri/good,

munathiya/sick,

lingkaplari/angry,

luwara/hot,

kuthi/afraid,

katripuntani/thirsty,

kukantara/tired

muna/yes,

putiya/no

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pakata/baby

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Pre-existing Knowledge

• Nameing words (nouns):

• Pronouns:

luna/woman,

waypa/man,

pliri/boy,

Palawa/Tasmanian Aboriginal

luwana/girl,

mina/I; me,

nina/you

Working Through the Module

It is recommended that you have a copy of this mina tunapri nina kani palawa kani Dictionary (Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre, 2019), with you as you work through the module to support opportunities for deeper learning.​ ​

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