Full Description
Written for beginning learners of Nakoda (also known as Assiniboine), this workbook, arranged thematically, provides a Nakoda/English lexicon, a vocabulary, a table of kinship terms, a glossary of linguistic terminology, and exercises to do after each lesson. This book was made possible with the assistance of Elders and Language Keepers of the Nakoda Nation: Armand McArthur and Wilma Kennedy, Main Consultants; with additional contributions by Pete Bigstone, Leona Kroscamp, Freda O'Watch, and Ken Armstrong.
Contents
CONTENTS
Introduction
CHAPTER 1
Objectives, Dialogues, and Vocabulary
Thanking, Farewell, and Self-Introduction
Nakoda Alphabet and Sound System
Syllables and Accent
Parts of Speech
Note on Spelling
Chapter 1 Exercises
CHAPTER 2
Objectives, Dialogues, and Vocabulary
Word Order in Nakoda
Demonstratives
Class 1: Regular Stem Verbs
Dual ?- "we two"
Sounds: Uvulars ? and ?
Chapter 2 Exercises
CHAPTER 3
Objectives, Dialogues, and Vocabulary
Interrogative Sentences
Imperative Particles wo and bo
Class 2: Y-Stem Verbs
Potential/Future Marker -kta
Sounds: Glottal Stop [']
Chapter 3 Exercises
CHAPTER 4
Objectives, Dialogues, and Vocabulary
Cardinal Numbers
Ordinal Numbers
Mathematical Operations
Age and Time
Distance and Height
Chapter 4 Exercises
CHAPTER 5
Objectives, Dialogues, and Vocabulary
Kinship Nouns
Reference to Time: Past, Present,and Future/Potential
Class 3: Nasal Conjugation Verbs(or N-Conjugation)
Plural of Subjects
Chapter 5 Exercises
CHAPTER 6
Objectives, Dialogues, and Vocabulary
Negation
Active and Stative Verbs
Stative Verbs: Colours
How to Say "To Be" in Nakoda
Sounds: Nasal Spread
Chapter 6 Exercises
CHAPTER 7
Objectives, Dialogues, and Vocabulary
Declarative Male Enclitic no
"Let's" Constructions
Conjunction Markers: íš "and, also, him/her/it/they too"; híkna "and"; eštá "or"
Spatial Adverbs and Postpositions
Chapter 7 Exercises
CHAPTER 8
Objectives, Dialogues, and Vocabulary
Asking Questions with Where,When, and Who
Verbs of Departing, Going, and Arriving
Active Verbs: Intransitive and Transitive
Inflections of Transitive Verbs(Third Person Object)
Sounds: Ejective Consonants
Chapter 8 Exercises
CHAPTER 9
Objectives, Dialogues, and Vocabulary
More Verbs Expressing States andBodily Functions
Ownership and Possession
Part/Whole Relations
Noun Quantifiers edáh? "some" anddóna "some, many"
Chapter 9 Exercises
CHAPTER 10
Objectives, Dialogues, and Vocabulary
Complex Noun Formation
Noun Incorporation
Independent Pronouns for Focusand Contrast
Intensifiers -? and -?t?y?
Chapter 10 Exercises
CHAPTER 11
Objectives, Dialogues, and Vocabulary
Adverbs of Time/Space and Manner
Formation of Irregular Verbs
Inflections of Transitive Verbs(Third Person Subject)
Chapter 11 Exercises
CHAPTER 12
Objectives, Dialogues, and Vocabulary
Tribes and Tribal Affiliation
Transitive Verb Inflections: -ci- "I on You" and -maya- "You on Me"
Aspectual Markers
Chapter 12 Exercises
CHAPTER 13
Objectives, Dialogues, and Vocabulary
Linkers: cén, nécen, žécen, ecén
Complex Sentences with the Conditionals štén "if, when" and h?da(h?) "whenever"
Inflections of Transitive Verbs: -w?ca-(Third Person Plural Object)
Chapter 13 Exercises
CHAPTER 14
Objectives, Dialogues, and Vocabulary
Gicí "with someone"; óm "with them"
Reciprocal -gici-/-ci- "action doneto one another"
Modality Particles
Specific, Unspecific Objects
Interjections
Chapter 14 Exercises
CHAPTER 15
Objectives and Dialogues
Instrumentals
Indefinite Prefix wa-
Locatives a-, o-, ?-
Nominalizing Ablaut and ZeroNominalization
Chapter 15 Exercises
CHAPTER 16
Objectives, Dialogues, and Vocabulary
Reduplication
Compounding
Causatives -ya and -kiya
Aspectual Auxiliary Verbs
Modality Verbs
Chapter 16 Exercises
CHAPTER 17
Objectives, Dialogues, and Vocabulary
Reflexive -?c'i-/-?k- "to act upon oneself"
Possessive -gi-/-k- "to act on one's own"
Dative -gi- "to act to, for, of somebody else"
Benefactive -giji- "to act for the benefit of somebody else"
Chapter 17 Exercises
CHAPTER 18
Objectives
Dialectal Differences
Chapter 18 Exercises
Text 1. Né wótija?a gá?a mitúgaši
Text 2. Wašp?y?bi
Text 3. Mniw?ja agásampadah? ?híbi-c'eh?
Text 4. Íkusana hík š?kcúkana
Text 5. Wacégiyabi
References
APPENDICES
Appendix 1: Kinship Table
Appendix 2: Glossary of Grammatical Terms
Appendix 3: Verb Classes
Nakoda/English Lexicon
