Matukar English

[ai taratetep haiya haiya] phrase S/he chops up the wood into pieces

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[alop bor dadap, mani a so] phrase after you buy the pig, come back here

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[aŋ aimim abiŋkai] v. paradigm example you (pl) yawn (but…)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[aŋ ŋukŋuk soyaŋgo] v. paradigm example You (pl) have the sniffles

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[bor kabakab man] phrase white pig

Speaker: John Agid

[gaumomoni oŋ mariu timamba, kaibo alopage mariu mamba] phrase today you will not chew betel nut, but later you will chew betel nut

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[girire do sole] phrase mad and ran away

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[i ab tiyabiŋgokai, i ononhami balagokai] phrase He never builds houses, he always goes fishing

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[i babakai] v. paradigm example S/he barks (but…)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[i mariu timamap, alopage mariu mamba] phrase S/he is not chewing betel nut, later s/he will chew betel nut

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[i taiyamamba] v. paradigm example S/he will look at us (excl)

(Tok Pisin) em i lukluk long mipela

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[i tinin wanananago] phrase s/he has a fever

(Tok Pisin) em I gat fiva

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[i wau paiin, i wam paiin, rauwau] n. mother-in-law

(Tok Pisin) tambu

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[id idami] pro. we (incl.) ourselves

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[katabebe] n. spider

(Tok Pisin) spaida

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[kol han aipaiin natun] n. cousin’s small daughter

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[kududen laben] n. bottom part of ear

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[langan] n. noise

(Tok Pisin) paia up

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[mahauthautdinaba] v. paradigm example will break them

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[matau huhulun] n. my eyelash

(Tok Pisin) ai gras blo mi

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[Mathusela han milo yanik gadagadaman ebala Wolfgangaiong. Arurumi hadi milo yanik gadagadaman, ebal] phrase Mathusela’s bad way of eating food is like Wolfgang’s. Both of their bad ways of eating is like how pigs eat food

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[muimui] n. louse larva

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋam gam ŋamaniŋe] v. paradigm example we (excl) ate (completive?)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋam ŋamago] v. paradigm example we (excl) go (imperf)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋam ŋamani] v. paradigm example we (excl) eat

(Tok Pisin) mipela kaikai

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋam ŋamanimba] v. paradigm example we will (excl) eat

(Tok Pisin) mipela bai kaikai

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ngam ngamdase] v. paradigm example We (excl) went up

(Tok Pisin) mipela go antap pinis

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋam ŋampalumagokai] v. paradigm example we (excl) run (habitual)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ngam ngampasi] v. paradigm example We (excl) open (it)

(Tok Pisin) mipela opim em

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋam ŋampidabakai] v. paradigm example we (excl) come down (modal)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋam ŋamsoŋgo] v. paradigm example we (excl) come (imperf)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋamŋamsugabawai ŋamago] phrase We (excl) would like to wash, we are going

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋaŋamok] adv. truly, really

(Tok Pisin) trupela

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ngau malal-te ngago] phrase I am going to the village

(Tok Pisin) mi go long ples, mi go long viles

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋau mariu ŋamamago] phrase I am chewing a betel nut

(Tok Pisin) mi kaikai buai

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ngau ngakarekaremba] v. paradigm example I will scratch it

(Tok Pisin) mi bai skrapim em

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋau ŋanoŋaman kaibo tamat mon titaitekaman] phrase I know, but we don’t know that man

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ngau nub hulihulikaman-te ngago] phrase I am going to the lake

(Tok Pisin) mi go long raunwara

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ngau waiiwaii luwan te numau ngasosaiinggo] phrase I am wiping my hands on the mango tree trunk

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[nina natun] n. little knife

(Tok Pisin) liklik naip

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[numau aruru tote, numau tahaik ŋaledoŋe] n. fifteen-nineteen

Speaker: John Agid

[numau tahaik, numau kukun yawaiyawa ] n. nine

Speaker: John Agid

[oŋ tinen wananago] phrase Are you hot?

Speaker: Joe Mawob

[Sileng paiin han tekengaman ebala Malupaiinaiong] phrase Sileng Pain’s look is like Malu pain’s (Slieng Pain looks like Malu Pain)

(Tok Pisin) Sileng Pain, look bilong en em olsem Malu Pain

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[Sileng paiin han tekengaman ebo Malu paiinaiong] phrase Sileng Pain’s look is like Malu pain’s (Slieng Pain looks like Malu Pain)

(Tok Pisin) Sileng Pain, look bilong en em olsem Malu Pain

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[war ar ilonlo milo milo nage gagawenganen han ab ilonlo yenago] phrase The clothes line (thing for drying work) is in (in between) the walls in the house

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[wasing garegaren] n. fish

(Tok Pisin) pis

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[yau numam kukun nanip tagtag urat nagemba?] phrase If you burn your fingers, how will you work?

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[yob kasik garang ilonlo dirodo ditoragokai] phrase birds of paradise fly around in the bush

(Tok Pisin) insait long bus ol save raun na flai nabout

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad