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Lesson 1

Greetings, Personal Pronouns, and Verb “to Be”

A.Greetings 1.Hello------Supai 2.Good morning ---Kethaa enkakenya 3.Good afternoon -- kethaa endama 4.How are you?------kai ingununo 5.Thank you, I am fine/good ---- Asheng, Ara sidai 6.Goodbye--- Sere 7.Goodnight-----Enkewarie sidai 8.See you later --- Kidua tiai saa 9.See you soon --- Kidua tekata dorrop B.Personal Pronouns 1.I----Nanu 2.You (singular)--- Iyie 3.He----Olee 4.She--- Enkitok 5.We----Iyook 6.You (plural) ---Iyie 7.They--- Ninche C.Verb “to Be” 1.Present Tense a.I am ---- Ara b.You are---- Ira c.He/ She/ it is ------ Olee/Enkitok/ Maa d.We are------ Kira iyiook e.You (plural) are ------- Nanu ara f.They are --------- Era ninche 2.Past Tense a.I was------ Angira duo b.You are------ Ingira nai c.He/She/it was ------- Olee/Enkitok/ inaduo d.We are ----- Ngira e.You( plural) were -------- Nanu angira f.They were ------- Era ninche 3.Future Tense a.I will be ---- Aaku b.You will be ----- Iyaku c.He/She/it will be ------- Olee/ Enkitok/Eaku d.We will be ------ Kiaku e.You ( plural) will be ------ Nanu ( plural) Aku f.They will be D.Vocabulary 1.Where 2.Here 3.There 4.Man 5.Woman E.Exercises Where are you? I am here. You are there. I am a woman. I am a man.DEmi Where were you? I was here. You were there. Where will you be? I will be here. You will be there.

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