Phrases Flashcards
Yalakinyanta ngai pudni
Just now I have arrived
Yaintya pudna’ína yalarra, ngadlu naki
He has come just now, we have seen him
waa
where
wanti
where to
niina
you (one person)
niwa
you (two people)
naa
you (many people)
wanti niina? niina wanti?
Where are you going?
wanti niwa? niwa wanti?
Where are you two going?
wanti naa? naa wanti?
Where are you all going?
wardli-ana
(to) home
wauwa-ana
to the beach
titawardli-ana
to the shops
Yartapuulti-ana
to Port Adelaide
Warru-ana
(to) outside
madlatirra
nowhere in particular
ngai pidnanthi
I’m waiting/staying
ngadli pidnanthi
we’re waiting/staying (two of us)
ngadlu pidnanthi
we’re waiting/staying (all of us)
Niina marni?
Marni niina?
Are you good? How are you?
ngai marni
marni ‘‘ai
I’m good
yaku marni’dlu
we are not good (us all)
ngadlu kuku
kuku ádlu
we are sick (we two)
naa marni?
marni naa?
are you (plural) good? how are you?
nari
name
ngai
i, me
pa
he/she
him/her
purla
they, their (two people)
parna
they, their (many people)
parnaku
their (many people)
ngana
who
ngai nari…
my name is…
ngana niina nari
ngaintya niina nari?
what is your name?
pa nari…
his/her name is…
parnaku ngaintya nari-rna?
what are their names?
puria naridla…,…
their names are… and …
parna narirna…, …., …
their names are …, … and …
ngai yaitya miyu
I am an indigenous person
ngai pinti miyu
I am a non-Indigenous person
Ngai Kaurna ngangki
I am a Kaurna woman
Ngaityu taikurtirna Burgiyana-unungku
My family is from Point Pearce
Ngai Yartapuultingga yarrthu-api
I grew up in Port Adelaide