Lesson 6    

1 – Vocabulary   5 – Marking nouns as plural:   the suffix –wun
2 – Vowel plus y and w:  combinations that English lacks   6 – Making nouns from verbs:   the agentive prefix al–
3 – Ambiguity:   multiple possible meanings   7 – Commands with tani– "please"
4 – Equivalent of "to have" — s–wil + possessed noun   8 – Prefix classes:  a menu

Vocabulary

Nouns   money bead money
alum "money"
  alilimuw "fish" alum
  aqlw "word, speech, language"   fish
  cyw "edge; kind, sort" fox
  kny "fox"
kny
 alilimuw

Verbs		   ikmin  
  ikmin "to be new, young" to be new, young to get up, stand up kuta
  kuta "to get up, stand up"
  qilik "to care for, take care of"
  wil "to be, exist" to care for, take care ofqilik uniywto look for, search for
  uniyw "to look for, search for"
     

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