Matukar English

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[aipaiin tinantaman dimataman] n. orphan (fm) (lit. girl parents died long time ago)

(Tok Pisin) wanpis

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[alili] n. centipede

(Tok Pisin) plantihan

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[alop age ŋau yao ŋautaunimba] phrase I will make the fire later

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[anan wartatalep tongali] phrase Chew up the yam and swallow

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[aŋ aitaiyamamago] v. paradigm example You (pl) are looking at us (excl)

(Tok Pisin) yupela lukim mipela

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[aŋ gam aimim abiŋgo] v. paradigm example you (pl) yawn (imperf 2)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[boi.ip id tatadinaba] phrase tomorrow we will see them

Speaker: John Agid

[bor aru gurgurmadi main ŋahau] phrase these two black pigs of mine

Speaker: John Agid

[bor gurgur aru] phrase two black pigs

Speaker: John Agid

[bor gurgur ŋahau] n. my black pig

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[bor tol gurgurmadi maine] n. these 3 black pigs

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[bubur] n. hunter [sutman]

(Tok Pisin) sutman

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[dabelabel] n. sweet potato

(Tok Pisin) kaukau

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[dikaiilkaiile diyaba] v. paradigm example They will go crawling

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[dob garaŋanən] n. net for catching wild boar

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[gab abek hona yenago] phrase The coconut shell is on the table

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[garawa (tamat, aipaiin)] n. widow

(Tok Pisin) meri, man bilong em i dai pinis

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[gaun yaratamame] v. paradigm example The dog bit us (excl)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[huhulun] n. hair

(Tok Pisin) gras

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[i baba] v. paradigm example S/he will bark

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[i diniŋe] v. paradigm example they ate

(Tok Pisin) ol i kaikai pinis

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[I ditariututimba] v. paradigm example They will cut (it) up

(Tok Pisin) ol bai katim (em)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[i gam watitiŋgo] v. paradigm example S/he capsizes (imperf 2

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[i Karkar-u madonggo] phrase S/he is on Karkar

(Tok Pisin) em I long Karkar

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[i kas dadabakai bo ti panauap] phrase He will buy cigarettes but won’t be able to give them to me

(Tok Pisin) em bai baim smok, tasol em no inap long givim mi

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[i kas dadakai ti panauwe] phrase He bought cigarettes but didn’t give me any

(Tok Pisin) em baim smok, tasol em i no givim mi

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 gamukgokai] phrase S/he is there and (habitually) talks

(Tok Pisin) em i stap na em save long tok tok

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[I madondop gamukaba] phrase S/he is sitting and will talk

(Tok Pisin) em sindaun na bai em tok tok

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[i malal dabok-a madonggo] phrase S/he is in town

(Tok Pisin) em I long taun

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[i malal ta, mainwaimi niu neneimba] phrase He is from another village, therefore he will scrape the coconut

(Tok Pisin) em blo narapela ples, olsem na em bai sigarapim drai

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[i mamariŋe] v. paradigm example S/he cooked (roasting, cooking in fire)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[i Mandang-a madonggo] phrase S/he is in Madang

(Tok Pisin) em I long Madang

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[i mariu timamap, haun ti mariu mamba] phrase S/he is not chewing betel nut, s/he cannot chew betel nut

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[i soŋgokaibo kaibo gaumomoni ti] phrase S/he habitually comes but not today

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[i sunamame] v. paradigm example S/he carried us (excl)

(Tok Pisin) em i karim mipela pinis

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

(Tok Pisin) em I gat fiva

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[i urat gam nageŋe] v. paradigm example S/he works (completive)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[i uriamamago] v. paradigm example s/he is following us (excl)

(Tok Pisin) em I bihainim mipela

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[i yap nina natun ngale somba] phrase S/he will go bring the small knife

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[i y^nangan do tuli panauwe] phrase s/he keeps sleeping and talked to me (i.e. told me s/he didn’t want to get up)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ib mai mai] phrase Don’t stop it, don’t not like it!

(Tok Pisin) no ken lusim, no ken no laik

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[kabakabman] n. eye white (possessed)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[kakatik] n. mole

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[lala madokanen han] phrase Shelters are for sitting

(Tok Pisin) ples bilong hait bilong sindaun

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[laŋalaŋ] n. railing

(Tok Pisin) rel

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[lililili] n. middle

(Tok Pisin) namel

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[makak balən] n. tonsil

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[malal dabok a te yago.] phrase He is going to town

(Tok Pisin) em I go long taun

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[malal natun te yago?] phrase is he going to the village?

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[mana anagengan] v. paradigm example You (pl) do it/put it

(Tok Pisin) wokim tasol I go

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋadabpide book ŋaŋaleŋe] phrase I reached down and took the book

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋam ŋammain] v. paradigm example we (excl) sleep

(Tok Pisin) mipela slip

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋam ŋammulabakai] v. paradigm example we (excl) come back (modal: can, must, should)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋam ŋamsimbawai] v. paradigm example we (excl) come down (desiderative)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋam ŋamyumiŋgo] v. paradigm example we (excl) blow (imperf)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ngatuli paninge yap nina natun ngale sombawai] phrase I told him/her to go bring the small knife

(Tok Pisin) Mi tok save long en long kisim liklik naip i kam

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ngau anan garman ngabip, garman ngabip, alopage ngapaimba] phrase I will gather yams, gather them, later I will plant them

(Tok Pisin) mi bai putim yam wantaim, putim ol wantaim, bihain mi bai planim ol

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋau fud wasiŋ ŋaman da ŋaniŋe] phrase I eat banana with fish

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

[ŋau naŋ panau ŋagamukgokai] phrase I speak Panau (habitually)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ngau ngainap, namaisap, onon ngaba] phrase I sleep, get up and will go fish

(Tok Pisin) mi silip, kirap, mai migo tromawe huk

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋau ŋaitaiyoŋe] phrase I saw you

(Tok Pisin) mi lukim yu pinis

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

(Tok Pisin) mi bai skrapim em

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋau ŋauriŋgo] v. paradigm example I am folllowing

(Tok Pisin) mi bihainim

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ngau onon ngabale wasing ngawanenge] phrase I go fishing to catch fish

(Tok Pisin) mi troimawe huk mi kisim pis

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋau sirisiri malal te ŋagokai] phrase I go to town all time

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋau te wai ilo bal tape, ŋau ŋaŋalemba] phrase If I think about (taking) the bilum, I will take it

(Tok Pisin) mi gat tingting long kisim bilum, em bai mi kisim

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[nina natun milo sagaikanen han] phrase Small knives are for peeling food

(Tok Pisin) liklik naip bilong rausim skin bilong kaikai

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[nornen ong ngaunen kas ngale palum panauwe] phrase Yesterday you brought and gave me a cigarette

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[nub hulihulikaman] n. pond

(Tok Pisin) raunwara

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[nub wananan] n. hot water

(Tok Pisin) hatwara

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[nubadami managami, nub milok bom hona ngapenenggo] phrase with only water, I am stabbing the sago with water (refers to pouring a stream of hot water into sago, water goes into sago substance)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[numau gudun yawayawa] num. twenty

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ong gaun ngale palum paunau tape ngau ilo uyan panondop, ngau ti bru sa panop] phrase If you come and give me the dog, I will be happy with you can’t be mad at you

(Tok Pisin) ti bru sa panop

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[oŋ haiyai] phrase who are you

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[oŋ mai dop ham kagum ŋaŋalәmbawai] phrase You wait, I want to take your clay pot

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ong milo milo salanganindo ngau ngasugabawai] phrase you start washing things, I bathe

(Tok Pisin) yu start long wasim samting, mi was was

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[oŋ ŋalep palum panaupe, ŋau mainwai bru sa panope] phrase If you bring me it and give it to me, then I will be mad at you

(Tok Pisin) yu kisim kam olsem bai mi kros

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ong pate ngangau] phrase You show me

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[oŋ watitiŋe] v. paradigm example You capsized

(Tok Pisin) yu kapsaitim pinis

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[sulu paspas] n. saliva

(Tok Pisin) spet

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[tamat dabellabel yaniŋe] phrase the man ate the sweet potato

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[tetere ] v. rip/ripped

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ti tinaiyteŋe] phrase no I didn’t see the man

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[tiŋaitaiyondop, nina natun hona taraiyawap wai] phrase I don’t look at you, you will (like to) cut me with a small knife

(Tok Pisin) mi no lukim yu, bai yu katim mi wantaim liklik naip

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[urit kikiyon yagitomba] phrase The octopus arm will suck you

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[wabi bule bule] v. you hold and twist

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[wai wai] n. mango

(Tok Pisin) mango

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[waiwaite ngadasago ] phrase I am going up the mango tree

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[war ab ilonlo milo milo nagekab gagawenganen haike yenago] phrase Somebody hung up in the house the rope for the work of later drying everything

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[watatade] v. paradigm example S/he capsized us (incl)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad