Phrase Detail

Say: kiirr-i-tyiny-ahng-ahl lip-lip-wil-par-ah-ahng-ahl-ahk.
(note: 'h's not sounded, they are used to suggest the sound 'a' as in 'path'). (A statement like will have neither a rising or descending tone.)

Vowels: Standard - ‘i’ as in ‘hit’, 'a' as in ‘path’ or ‘car’.
Consonant  - 'ty' (palatal stop) - combine 't' and 'y' while tip and blade of tongue touches hard palate and stops the breath. (Note: 'tch' is close but different to 'ty'.), - '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

Short statement that shows verb headword and verb and noun possessive endings.
Begins with the verb 'kirritya' (to cook on coals) with the future ending 'iny' and the verb 'two of us' inclusive ending 'angal'. What will we two cool on coals? - 'lip-lip-wil-para' (crayfish plural) + 'angalak' (our two ending). The 'angalak' ending shows that. the two are the speaker and the spoken to.

Use this sentence as a model to explore verb and noun possessive endings. Write a poem or song of four lines all beginning with 'we will'. (Could end with 'a very good place to live')