Exercises For Lesson 14
- Write out the dialogue in Lesson 13. Give the grammatical explanation of each word, and the function,
- Nouns -- give case, number and the use of the case.
- Verbs -- give person and aspect, subject and object if any.
- Pron. -- give case and how used and tell what kind it is.
- Other words -- if possible tell what they are and their use.
- Write in Nuer:
- It belongs to this.
- This cow belong to that man.
- These belong to that chief.
- It belongs to God.
- That talk is that boy's.
- A house belongs to women but a barn belongs to men.
- Cattle belong to the people.
- It belongs to the top of the house.
- This water is those boys'.
- This milk is these girls'.
- What kind of a tree is it?
- What kind of a thing is this?
- It belongs to the baby basket of that woman.
- This goes with that man's cow, but these belong to those men's cows.
- Translate:
- Nɛmɛ ɛɛ du̲ŋ ŋu̲kä̲?
- Ɛɛ du̲ŋ Kuɔth?
- Gɔɔy (the good) nɛmɛkä̲ ɛ ŋu̲?
- Gat ɛmɛ tëë kɛ jue̲y?
- Ɣɔ̲ɔ̲n, bɛc(pains) puɔ̲nydɛ (its body).
- Kä̲ ɛ jue̲y mɔ ŋu̲?
- Ɣëc, kua̲cä̲ ni̲ jue̲y ɛmɛ pɛ̲ny.
- Ti̲ti̲ kɛɛ nyï̲n ŋu̲kä̲?
- Ti̲ti̲ kɛɛ nyï̲n duëël wal.
- Go̲o̲ri̲ kɛ?
- Ɣɔ̲ɔ̲n, göörä̲ kɛ pa̲ny. Bä̲ kɛ naŋ tä̲ä̲mɛ.