Interviews about words and language

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3-7 Words & Language culture-summary

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  1. nobug hobol niningate egee aminim 1,2,3... nobug hobol amisi nonn igel hobol amee (count to 10 in tok ples)
  2. igubasabsa endet niningat emind ig? (did your ancestors count like that)
  3. yog hobol hutam oomoo sangol ombul igu mohis hiyol ogoo samog bili amg igu mohis hiyol ogoo sebonee bele amb igu. nom hobol amee (talk about the dialect difference)
  4. mohis matat hobol ama, nonn migem hobol nom oboob iguwonn ig? (do you understand talk from the other dialect?)
  5. olooguwo ig hobol sigig egee pigug. imengis matat nog hutam his sigigi egee pigug oo wes wes sigig egee pigug. nonn musu om megite mee? (will we write imengis and matat the same do you think?)
  6. plann nononn egee ebenim, nononn nom, nom, nom megite hobol egee aminim? (whats the words for length, height and width?)

Texts

Interview - Soso, words and language
last edited Nov. 17, 2023, 2:40 p.m. by Steve

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1: 0:00:00 hutam, ombul, ombul hutam, ombul nom ombul nom ombul, hutam obogum hiyol teenn, obugum hiyol ombul nom ombul nom ombul nom hutam, obugum hiyol teenn 2: 0:00:34 (yes, that's how they counted. Today we use tok pisin.) 3: 0:01:20 (we say asamog bili in imengis, matat says asamog bilai. Matat is Evesil, Tkum and Kobum. Imengis is kokoma, pusila and ingis) 4: 0:02:15 (we hear matat, but we don't speak it. we'll respond in imengis. The his is hutam, but the nek is different. We understand each other and hear it, but don't speak) 5: 0:03:57 (I don't know, you gus will decide.) 6: 0:04:54 (imengis nononn = length, matat nononn = width, motohul nonnonn.)

Interview - Gusubonn, words
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1 : 0:00:18 hutam, ombul, ombul hutam, ombul ombul, obugum hiyol teenn, obugum hiyol hutam, obugum hiyol ombul, obugum hiyol ombul hutam, hiyol ombul ombul, obugum hiyol teenn 2: 0:01:08 (yes, they also counted up their arms with their fingers.) 3: 0:01:36 (some say asamog bili some say seboneg bili. Imengis is Koko, Ingis and Pusi. Matat is Tolo, ebe and kobum. ) 4: 0:02:39 (yes I understand it, but I'll reply in Imengis) 5: 0:02:54 (we'll speak our way. We'll write it our way and they'll write it their way like when we speak) 6: 0:03:56 (imengis nononn, matat and mondu)

Interview - Aiben, words and language
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