| Wawangandin pulety manyə kali-para. |
lit. he/she/it following-me ten dog-s
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Ten dogs following me |
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| Wemba ninyam tyakak pengguk parəkin pithiku. |
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Don't eat this meat, it's flyblown |
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| Wemba pilpak. |
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Don't make this banging noise |
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| Wemba tuki perrma nyunga-kat. |
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Don't move, that man here is sneaking (a bird) |
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| Wemba tuki! |
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Don't move!, keep still! |
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| Wemba wermili. |
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Don't bark |
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| Wemba-kat kungayahe. |
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Is never quiet! |
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| Wemba-kat nyarnak. Karnyilarr. |
Say: Wemb-ar-kart nyarn-ark. Karny-il-arr.
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Don't worry! You are still breathing |
Conversation, Communication - order or direction |
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| Wemba-min. |
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No (thank you) said in answer to an offer |
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| Wemba-wemba. |
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Certainly not |
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| Wembanda katima panəm! |
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I haven't got any bread! |
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| Wembanda nyuma kinyam lerrk. |
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I don't know this woman |
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| Wembanda tyakiny tyalingin! |
Vowels: Standard - 'a' as in ‘path’, ‘i’ as in ‘hit’. Variation - 'e' followed by ‘m’, in the same syllable and is not immediately followed by a vowel is long and slightly nasalised.
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.
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I won't eat your food! |
Conversation, Communication, Activities - Food |
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| Wembarr karndəla. |
lit. not-you shouting. (ie transferring word with incorporated subject marker + verb + or - subject or agent. This phrase doesn't have the subject or agent.)
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You stop shouting |
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| Werkuwerkuwi. |
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Quick! quick! it's urgent |
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| Werrkak! Karndiyatyarr tyarrmba! |
lit. Quickly! shout-order-you scare it off!
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Quick! You shout out to scare it away! |
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| Werrpaninanda kinyam wirrenggal. |
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I caught this perch |
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| Wikanda. |
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I am hungry |
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| Windya-kat. |
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Where indeed? I don't know! |
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| Windyaluk muyəngin? |
Literal meaning - Whereabouts thought-yours
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Where is your mind? i.e. what are you thinking about? |
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| Winmarr wurrukin kanyengkap. |
lit. cover-you mouth-yours to-cough-inorderto
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Cover your mouth to cough |
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| Winyarr kalputiny wanap? |
lit. who chop-will firewood
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Who will chop up the firewood? |
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| Winyarr karrkarin? |
Winyarr (who) (Interrogative pronoun) karrakara (to cry out for help) + in (past tense - cried).
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Who cried out for help? |
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| Winyarr nyerndiny Wamba Wamba? |
Demonstrates use of the Interrogative Pronoun (asks a question) 'winyarr' as the first or 'head word' of a sentence. (It likely contains the subject marker 'arr' (you, singular) ) Lit. who learn-will Wamba Wamba.
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Who will learn Wamba Wamba? |
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| Winyarr yukalin? |
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Who is your friend? |
People and Family - Friends |
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| Winyarruk pirnin? |
An interrogative pronoun 'winyarr' with person tag 'uk' and verb 'pirnin' (came).
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Who came? |
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| Wira kurrkuk. |
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His blood is running (fast), i.e. he has a fever |
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| Wirimbuluk. |
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His/her/its ears |
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| Wirrang katən. |
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Water is flowing, Flowing water |
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| Wirrengən-pula. |
Simple phrase showing the use of the noun ending '-pula' to show two of anything.
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Two dogs |
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