Matukar English

[aipaiinim tinadi tamadi dimataman] n. orphans (children whose parents died a long time ago)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[anan ngatariututi] phrase I cut up the yam

(Tok Pisin) mi katim yam

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[anan paik han nal tol yenago, alopage anan paikaba] phrase Planting yams takes three days, later s/he will plant yams

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[aŋ afunamamba] v. paradigm example you (pl) will fight/hit us (excl)

(Tok Pisin) yupela bai pait mipela

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[bor arumon gurgurmadi] phrase those two black pigs

Speaker: John Agid

[bor main gurgurman] n. this black pig

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[bukabuk] n. mosquito bite

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[daruk waninge mainwai alom matangani] phrase You ate meat, therefore you clean your teeth

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[dudurun] n. shiver/be cold

(Tok Pisin) guria

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[fud sababaman] n. half ripe banana

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[girire do sole] phrase mad and ran away

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[i aidi dibimba] v. paradigm example they will yawn

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[i babago] v. paradigm example S/he barks (imperf)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[i buran gagaugo] phrase He/She’s thirsty

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[i diniŋgo] v. paradigm example they eat (imperf)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[i diyogәyoggo] v. paradigm example They are see-sawing

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[I gadagade abite ti yau] phrase S/he was stupid and didn’t go to the garden

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[i gam magogo] v. paradigm example it drips (imperf 2

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[I madondo gamuke] phrase S/he was there and talked

(Tok Pisin) em I stap na em tok tok

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[i madondo ŋau naitenge] phrase s/he sits/sat and I saw it

(Tok Pisin) em i sindaun (/pinis) na mi lukim em pinis

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[I madondop gamukabakai] phrase S/he is there and must talk

(Tok Pisin) em i stap, em mas tok tok

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[i mas-lo logamoke] phrase S/he swam far away in the ocean

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[i soŋgokai bo gaumomoni ti] phrase S/he habitually comes but not today

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[i sulunamame] v. paradigm example S/he spat at us (excl)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[i yado ngau fud ngasigininge] phrase He went and I am peeling bananas

(Tok Pisin) em I go pinis na mi rausim skin bilong banana

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[id ŋukŋuk soyadago] v. paradigm example We (incl) have the sniffles

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[id nug titaiitemba] phrase we will not see each other

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[id nug titaiitep] phrase we can’t see each other

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[lili] pre. close to (middle)

(Tok Pisin) klostu

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[malal te ŋap, bor ŋadadabawai] phrase I will go to the village, I want to buy a big

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[narnar] adj. wet

(Tok Pisin) wet

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[neukukun] n. my toe

(Tok Pisin) pinga blo mi

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ngahamam humam udau] n. Our (here since a long time) clan, tribal area

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋahau bor uya uya gurgurmadi] n. my big black pigs

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ngam ngamaipago] v. paradigm example We (excl) are looking for (it)

(Tok Pisin) mipela painim (em)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋam ŋammulabawai] v. paradigm example we (excl) come back (desiderative)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋam ŋamsambawai] v. paradigm example we (excl) come up (desiderative)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋau gaumomoni wasiŋ wai tiŋa kaibo, raurau doge ŋaba] phrase Today I have not gone fishing, I will go later this afternoon

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋau ŋaitaiyoŋgo] v. paradigm example I’m looking at you

(Tok Pisin) mi lukim yu

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ngau onon ngabale wasing kobol kobol kasik ngawanenge] phrase I went fishing and caught many different colors of fish

(Tok Pisin) mi troimawe huk , mi kisim kain kain color pis

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[nina natun ŋalepso] phrase bring me the small knife.

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[nubanen kukurek] n. goose

(Tok Pisin) bikpela pato

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ong milo milo salanganindo ngau ngasuggo] phrase you are washing things, I am bathing

(Tok Pisin) yu wasim samting yet, mi was was yet

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[paiin mon girire main haiyan] phrase That girl is mad, this is bad

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[tetok fud wartatalep tongali] phrase Chew up the banana slowly and swallow

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[wagamu malal te tiŋagokai] phrase I didn’t go to the village every day

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[wasing kobol kobol kasik] n. many different colors of fish

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[wasing tutuman] n. fish bones (of one fish)

(Tok Pisin) ol bun bilong wan pis

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[watatoŋe] v. paradigm example S/he capsized you

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[yawayawa] num. four

(Tok Pisin) foa, foapela

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad