Fire Flashcards
Fire OLW & PE's
ɑndɾu tuɛ ne mei tɪti
Andrew now you cut the firewood.
ɑndɾu ne yɑpi wopɑnei mɑtɛnɔ ɑn ɑpɑi mɔxɛtu
Andrew you get a burning piece of wood from the fire, I’m going to smoke.
yɛ mwɑfyɑ
covering the fire
ɑn ɑxwei mu ne yɛ twɑ su
I will cook this kaukau, you make a big fire.
ɑn wɛsɛso ne yɛ su
I’m cold, you make a fire.
ɑn yɛlɑmwɑ ne yɛ suwɑf
I’m hot, you put out the fire.
ɑn yɛ muwɑfyɑ
I’m making fire
ɑn yu tito mɛtu
I’ll cut this firewood
tuɛ ɑn yuno ɑnɛf ɑli ɑlɛf mofo
Now I’m picking up firewood and putting it on my shoulder.
ɑn yɛlɑmo ne yɛ mu mɛli
I’m hot you can’t make a fire.
yɛ molo
Traditional way of making fire
ne yuno ɑfɪnɑmɛ ɑniu
What size of firewood do you want?
tei kun yɛ wɑtu
We two will cook the corn on the fire now.
tuɛ tei kun yɛ mui
Now we two are cooking the corn on the fire.
tei kun yɛ mui ɑn ɑfɛ tei tito moloiyɑ
The corn is cooking on the fire and we are sitting here.