Self Introduction And Introducing Others In Nkwen Language
Self Introduction And Introducing Others In Nkwen Language
A. Self Introduction in Nkwen Language
Question
Answer
Ә̀lwenә wwo bә a wә?
What is your name?
Ә̀lwenә wa bә Ngәlo.
My name is –Ngelo
Where do you live?
I live in New York City.
How old are you?
I’m 4 years old.
What’s your mother’s name?
My mother’s name is Ngefor.
What’s your Father’s name?
My father’s name is Ndifor.
Where do you school?
I school at Saint Joseph’s.
B. Introducing Others
Li bә wә̀?
Li bә̀wә?
Li bә әtàawà.
Li bә mmawà.
Li bә ndәmә wà.
Li bә ndәmә wàwumǝ̀ngyǝ̌.
Li bә ndәmә wàwumǝ̀mbaŋnǝ̌. .
Li bәlәmә ba.
Li bә muwì.
Li bǝ̀muwi.
Li bә Ndi wà.
Li bә̀li ba.
Li bә tanka wà.
Li bә әtàa wà. Ә̀lwenә yi bә Ngu’u.
Li bә mma wà. Ә̀lwenә yi bә Ngǝlo.
Li bә ndәmә wà. Ә̀lwenә yi bә Ngwi.
Li bә ndәmә wà wu mǝ̀ngyǝ̌.Ә̀lwenә yi bә Ntsaŋә. This is my sister. Her name is Nchang.
Li bә ndәmә wà wu mǝ̀mbaŋnǝ̌.Ә̀lwenә yi bә Talà. This is my brother his name is Tala.
Li bәlәmә ba. mǝ̀ lwenә mya bǝ Ngu’u bwo Ngefò. These are my siblings.
Li bә muwì. Ә̀lwenә yi bә Nәә.This is my younger one. Her name is Neh.
Li bәmuwì. Mǝ̀lwenә mya bǝ Ngwenǝ̀ bwo Fru.
Li bә Ndi wà.Ә̀lwenә yi bә Ndo’onywe.
Li bә̀li ba. Mǝ̀lwenә mya bǝ Talà bwo Ngenywè.
mòˀo 1
bya 2
Tarǝ 3
kwà 4
tanә̀ 5
ǹtùu 6
sàmba 7
nә̀fǎ 8
nә̀bwùˀu 9
nә̀ghәmә̀ 10
C. Some Typical Nkwen Names are:
ŋә
ŋә
ŋǝ̀
ŋә
ŋә
ә
әkwì’i
ŋ
ŋku’u
ŋә
ŋnchwe
(Nә̀ghәmә̀) ǹchә̀-mò’o – 11
ǹchә̀-bya – 12
ǹchә̀-tarә – 13
ǹchә̀-nə̀kwà – 14
ǹchә̀- tanә̀ – 15
ǹchә̀-ǹtùu – 16
ǹchә̀-sàmba – 17
ǹchә̀-nə̀fàa – 18
ǹchә̀-nə̀bwùˀu – 19
mə̀ghəmə məmbya – 20
mә̀ghәmә mәmbya nә ǹchә̀-mò’o – 21
mә̀ghәmә mәmbya nә ǹchә̀-bya – 22
mә̀ghәmә mәmbya nә ǹchә̀-tarә – 23
mә̀ghәmә mәmbya nә ǹchә̀-nә̀kwà – 24
mә̀ghәmә mәmbya nә ǹchә̀-tanә ̀ – 25
mә̀ghәmә mәmbya nә ǹchә̀-ǹtùu – 26
mә̀ghәmә mәmbya nә ǹchә̀-samba – 27
mә̀ghәmә mәmbya nә ǹchә̀-nә̀fǎ – 28
mә̀ghәmә mәmbya nә ǹchә̀-nә̀bwùˀu – 29
mә̀ghәmә mәntarә – 30
Professions/occupation/vocations
Әtàa wwo fa’a kǝ̀? What’s your Father’s job?
Әtàa wà bә ntsuˀu-mə̀ghònə (dokǝtà) – My father is a doctor/nurse.
Ŋù-ngaŋə̀ – a herbalist
ǹdə̀-ŋwàˀàrə̀ – a teacher
ǹtsὲrə̀-mə̀nsàˀa– a judge
ǹsa’à-mǝ̀nsa’à – a lawyer
ǹtyə̂-akhə̌ – a carver
ǹliˀì-mǝ̀nsùŋə– a farmer
ǹtswìˀì-nə̀byě – a fisherman
ǹsùŋə̀-nə̀kâ– a driver
ǹnyesə̀–nə̀kâ– a mechanic
ǹghwùrə̀-bə̀ntò – a potter
ǹtwi-əlà – a blacksmith
ǹnyesè–tyǝ– a hairdresser
ǹkuŋə̀-tyǝ– a barber
Sequential pronouns highlighted:
Mma wà bә ǹtsuˀu-mə̀ghònə – my mother is a nurse.
Ndәmәwà bә ǹdə̀-ŋwàˀàrə̀ – my brother/sister is a teacher.
Ndì wà bәǹtsὲrə̀-mə̀nsàˀa – my older one is a lawyer.
Muwibәǹsa’à-mǝ̀nsa’à – my younger one is a judge.
Tanka wà bәǹsùŋə̀-nə̀kâ – my friend is a driver.
Moo wa bә ǹtswìˀì-nə̀bye – my child is a fisherman.
Mǝ̀ngyewa bәǹnyesə̀–tyǝ – my wife is a hairdresser.
Nduŋəwabәǹkuŋə̀-tyǝ – my husband is a barber.
The highlighted ǹ above is a sequential pronoun marker in Nkwen language that forms nouns from verbs, as in the examples above, and also stands for the person when a number of actions are taken in a sequence. E.g.
Ngəfò ghə afò, m̀benə ngwàsaŋə m̀bù nlaa ǹninŋə məmə nkhè ǹghə̀ ǹfya mbwo moo yε. (Ngefor went to the farm, harvested corn, came back home, cooked it, put it in a basket, and took it to her son/daughter.) All the highlighted m̀and ǹstand for the person (Ngəfò) doing the actions.
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