Phrase Detail

Say: Nyar-kil-arng-arn karng-i-kuurrm-kuurrk-parr-ar-kuu war-i-parng puul-i-warl-par-ar.

Vowels: Standard - 'a' as in ‘car’ or ‘path’, ‘i’ as in ‘hill’, ‘u’ as in ‘put’. - Variation - when 'a' follows a 'w' and is followed by an ‘m’, 'n', ‘ng’, ‘ny’ or ‘r’ it is 'a' as in 'war'.
Consonant - 'ny' (palato-nasal) combine 'n' and 'y' while top of tongue touches hard palate plus nasal vibration. (Avoid the English 'nee' as in 'many') - 'ng' (velar-nasal) combine 'n' and 'g' while back of tongue touches soft palate plus nasal vibration, - 'rr' roll or trill tongue.

A sentence statement beginning with a verb 'nyakila' (to watch). To the stem word has been added 'ang' (happening now, present participle) and 'an' (they, being spoken about - in this case the 'older teenage girls' who are doing the watching). 'kangi-kurrum-kurk' (older teenage girl) has the plural - 'para' and 'ku' the subject or doer word ending. 'ku' distinguishes who is doing the watching.

Duplicate - What else could the older teenage girls be watching? Write a second sentence and change what they or watching.
Build - What did one of them say about one of the teenage girl dancers? What happened next?
Pronunciation - This sentence contains standard 'a' as in 'car', 'u' as in 'put', 'i' as in 'sit' sounds as well as one of the 'a' variations - 'a' as in 'war'. Look up this variation in 'Pronunciation of Wamba Wamba Vowels and Consonants' at the top of page 2. Practice saying out loud the examples given.
Using the word search for 'war', 'wam', 'wan', how many more examples can you find. Practice saying them out loud.
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