Ruben Reyes Online

SATURDAY      2/13/2010

Arufudahati: Ruben Reyes

SPEAK GARIFUNA IN 8 WEEKS         GAHFU/BLAZER LEARNING CENTER, LOS ANGELES

Lesson 3

In this lesson you will learn…

• To ask where something Hagéi…?

Or someone is located

• to talk about likes and Hínsienti nun,

dislikes (singular) Hínsienti bun?,

mísienti nu

• about gender luma/tuma

Hagei lánbara? (Ha-géi lan-ba-ra)                                                       Where is the telephone?

Hagoun kumú? (Ha-goun kumú)                                       Where is the bathroom?

Hagei dábula? (Ha-géi dá-bu-la)                                        Where is the table?

Hagei halaü? (ha-gei ha-laü)                                               Where is the chair?

Hagei Wilfred? (Ha-gei Wil-fred)                                      Where is Wilfred?

Hagoun Ingrid? (ha-goun In-grid)                                                      Where is Ingrid?

EXCERSISE:

Complete the space bellow to form a sentence, apply proper gender to each name.

­­Hagei Alfonso?

Hagoun Andrea?

____________Odessa?

____________George?

____________Martha?

____________Anna?

____________Frank?

Hínsieti fedu bun? (hín-sie-ti fe-du bun)                                        do you like to party?

Ayé, hínsieti fedu nun. (a-yé, hín-sie-ti fe-du nun)                                      yes, I like to party.

Hínsieti abinahani bun? (Hín-sie-ti a-bi-na-ha-ni bun?)                           do you like to dance?

Inó, mínsienti abinahani nun. (I-nó, mín-sien-ti a-bi-na-ha-ni nun)   I don’t like to dance!

Hínsieti alihani bun? (Hín-sien-ti a-li-ha-ni bun?)                                       do you like to read?

Ayé, hínsienti alihani nun. (A-yé, hín-sien-ti a-li-ha-ni nun)                 yes, I like to read.

Gátatibu gafe?  (gá-ta-ti-bu ga-fe)                                                        do you like to drink coffee?

Ino, mátatina gafe (I-no, má-ta-ti-na ga-fe)                                      No, I don’t drink coffee.

Néibuga Las Vegas tuma Olga (néi-bu-ga Las Ve-gas tu-ma Ol-ga)       I’m going to Las Vegas with Olga.

Ayanuha tuma Lola (A-ya-nu-ha tu-ma Lo-la)                                                                   talking with Lola.

éi-bu-ga lu-ma Jorge (éi-bu-ga lu-ma Jor-ge)                                                                      walking with Jorge.

Néibuga tuma Martha (Néi-bu-ga tu-ma Mar-tha)                                        I am going with Martha.

EXCERSISE:

FILL THE BLANK SPACES

Éibugatina ______________Jorge

Adimurehatina___________Lola wurinouga

Houtina éigini semeti__________Jimmy uguñe

ADIMUREHA                           (to speak)

ADIMUREHA TUMA             (to speak with)

ADIMUREHA TUMA TOTI                                     (to speak with Tania)

ADIMUREHATINA                (I spoke)

ADIMUREHATINA TUMA NITU TOTI WURINOUGA   (I spoke with Tania yesterday)

ADIMUREHEINA                                     (Speaking)

ADIMUREHEINA TUMA     (speaking with her)

ADIMUREHEINA TUMA TOTI           (speaking with Toti)

ADIMUREHEINA NIA TUMA TOTI WURINOUGA         (I was speaking with Toto yesterday)

Garifuna Language Class/Arufudahati:  Ruben Reyes, Los Angeles, CA. USA. (323)864-1007, wagia1@yahoo.com

WWW.RUBENREYESONLINE.COM, WWW.GARIFUNA3.COM

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