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Conversational Tiv 2 De cie u lamen zwativ ga Meetimg People • • • • • • • Iti you er ana? Iti yam er Terngu M ngu wan u Nomishan Ka we zan Terdoo ne? Ei, ka mo Iorwuese U lamen zwa Tiv kpa? U fa zwa Tiv kpa? • M fa zwa Tiv dedo ga • En, m lamen chuku chuku • Iti i ngôm er Awashima Whay is your name? My name is Terngu I am the son of Nomishan Are you Terdoo? No, I am Iorwuese Do you speak Tiv? Do you know (how to speak) Tiv? I don't know Tiv very well (I don't know much Tiv) Yes, I speak a little The name of my mom is Awashima Vocabulary II • • • • • • • • • • ga = not fa = know lam = speak liam = speech za = go doo = good dedo = well fefa = quick, fast yem = go orkwav = contemporary • • • • • • ikar, huror = friend ishior = lover faityo = able, can tsegher = only, merely pine = ask inyaregh = money inyarev = farm flies • ngu = is • na = give Sentence Buil-up • • • • • • Terdoo, U ngu nena? Iti yam er Terdoo Mba yer un er Terdoo a venda a due Iti na er Sesugh ga • Ka Ngunan la ga • Ka Ngizan ne ga Terdoo, how are you? My name is Terdoo They call her Terdoo he/she refused he/she went out His name is not Sesugh That is not Ngunan This is not Ngizan • • • • • Or Tiv Kwase Tiv Or America Or Canada Lamen (zwa) Tiv ga • Lamen (zwa) Tiv dedo M fa zwa Tiv • M fa zwa Hausa kpaa • A Tiv man A Tiv woman An American A Canadian He/she does not speak Tiv He/she speaks Tiv well I (know) can speak Tiv I can also speak Hausa • Se mba ior mba shin Atlanta • M ngu shin Kalamazoo • M za ke/sha/shin ya • M soo u pinen we kwagh • • • • Ka nyi kwagh(a)? Ngôu ana? Ngôm Mernan Terem Nomishan We are (people) from Atlanta I live in Kalamazoo I went home I want to ask you something What is it? Who is your mother? My mother is Mernan My father is Nomishan • Ijen korou we? • U ya nyi? • Ne ya nyi? • • • • • Me ya pizza Se ya chinkafa M soo inyam ga Yadoo soo inyam ikegh Kaa atsaka Are you hungry? What did (would) you eat? What would you eat? (plural) I will eat pizza We will eat rice I don't want meat Yadoo likes chiken Fry potatoes (Make some French fries) • Bugh = open • wuhe = close • de = stop inyon = bird • iti = name • kwase = woman • inuun kwase = young woman • ngô kwase = "old" elderly woman • ngô = mother, female • • • • • • • • • • nom = male, husband nomso or = man wanye = child wanye (wan) kwase = girl wanye nomso = boy soo = like, love wuhe kor = it feels cold i ndohol = it is cold ter = father tile = wait Shopping • Ka nyi u soo u yamen? • M soo u yamen takeda • Ishe na ka nena? • Va a naira utar • Me na naira mom • Me nau naira mom man kobo pue. Whay do you want to buy? I want to buy a book How much is it? (The price is how much?) Bring three naira I'll pay (give) one naira I'll pay you one naira and ten kobo. • • • • • Kuma ga Shi seer naira môm U teen utsuwa kpa? M teen Nam u har • Kohol cii ka naira pue • Mimi, nam inyaregh It's not enough Add one more naira Do you sell pots? I do sell (them) Give me two (of them) The total is ten naira Mimi, give me money Vocabulary III • • • • • • • • • • • • • pencil = pensel pen = pen môm = one har = two tar = three nyiin = four taan = five teratar = six taan kar u har = seven anieni = eight taan kar u nyiin = nine pue = ten pue kar môm = eleven • • • • • • • • • • • • pue kar u har = twelve pue kar u tar = thriteen pue kar u nyiin = fourteen ikundu = twenty ikundu kar môm = twentyone ikundu gber = thirty akundu a har = forty akundu a har gber = fifty akundu a tar = sixty Akundu a tar gber = seventy What is eighty? Ninety? Deri môm = one hundred • akundu a nyiin = eighty • deri (akundu a taan) = onehundred • dubu (akundu pue) = one thousand • dubu deri = one hundred thousand • dubu dubu = one million • kar = past, pass • nam = give me • ngohol = get (take) it • Ka u me? = how many? • Mba u me? = How many are • • • • • • they? Sentence Build-up Ka nyi nee? = What is this? Ngun ka ikônough = This is a chair Ngura ka nyi? = That is that? Ngura ka tebul = That is a table Ngun ka ayaba = This is a banana Mba ye? = Is it edible? (Do they eat it?) Receiving a Phone Call • Helo, helo. Ka an ne?Hello, hello. Who is this? • M soo u yôôso a Mr. Ami I want to speak with Mr. Ami (Can I speak to Mr. Ami?) • Ka ya u Ndur ne ne ga? Is this the house of Ndur? • En, Ka an u yere? Yes, who are you calling? • Ka we terfa? Are you Terfa? • En, Ka mo Yes, I am • Mama wou ngu kpa? Is your mother there? • Tile, me yila un Wait, I'll call her • Tereu (papa wou) Is your father there? • ngu her kpa? • A za kasua He has gone to the market (shop) • Ngu her. De m yila un He is there. Let me call him. • Shie ngu nena? What time is it? • Ka ahwa a tar It's three o'clock • Shie kuma u za yaven • • • • • • • • • • • Yem za yav Yem za ôô iyol Kile zwa dedo Kile anyi a yem nder yav Ngutor ngu yaven Sesugh ngu a nder ga Terngu ngu eren tom Yem za er (homwek) tom u makeranta I ver kwaghyan M ver mngerem It is time to go sleep (It is time to go to bed) Go and sleep Go take a bath Brush your teeth well Brush your teeth clean wake up sleep Ngutor is sleeping Sesugh is not yet awake Terngu is working Go do homework Food is served I served water • Ka nyi kwaghyana? • Kwaghyan bee • M er kwaghyan ga • M vor a kwaghyan u eren • Se yem hwatev • • • • • • Yila pizza Nam mngerem ma man Mngerem ma ndôhol M soo u suwan Isho ngi van mo M soo u nyian What's for food (dinner)? The food is finished (i.e. all eaten up) I did not prepare any food I am tired of cooking We (need to) go to the restaurant Call for pizza Give me drinking water Cold water I feel like vomiting I feel like vomiting I want to excrete (go to the bathroom) (I want to poop) Vocabulary IV • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ya = eat ma = drink tsee = hot uma = dry oso = crunchy iuwe = kwaghyan = food iber = poridge ruam = pudding akamu = corn cereal ya = home iyough = house nenge = see, look kenger = look, observe, watch zuwa (zua) = meet ihinga = nose alôm = rabbit • ishu = fish, fishes • keng keng, kpee = must, definately • faityô = can, able • hana? = where? • heen = here • heera, keera = there • huror = friend • aikighe (aikie) = evening • pepe = morning • pepe pepe = dawn, early in the morning • tugh tugh =early in the morning • tetan = afternoon • Ahenga = noses • • • • • • • nomiyange = noon sha use = at dawn hegen = now hen = think jiir = place, cook pughul = to boil turugh = steam • gbenda = road • inya = earth, soil SENTENCE BUILD-UP • • • • • • • • • • • Ka an u kerene? Ka kwase u an la? Ka hanma kwase la? Wondo ne doom ga Ka u dedo U faityôu tôôn un Ka u wou Ka u wam Kera ka u wam ga Ngura ka u ana? Ngura ka u na Who are you looking for? Whose wife (woman) is that? Which woman is that? I don't like this (these) pants It's a good one You can take it It is yours It is mine It is no longer mine Whose is that? That is his/hers PLACES AND THINGS • Tema shin tso Sit in the boat • Mato ne yevese gande This car (truck, van) is speeding (is running too much) • M fa mato u nahan ga I don't know how to drive • Bugh hunda Open the door Bugh iyough Open the door (Lit.: open the house) • Nyôr ker Enter (in) • Tema inya Sit down • Tile sha Stand up • • • • • • • • • • • Iyange ngi a due ga Iyange mire uwer due Uwer ta Uwer u Julai A yem sha wo Wo tav kpishi Hakeem tav kar Sada Unde igungu Hungwa sha Iyange i dugh sha itiough ki tar • Iyange mire shin ityô tar The sun is not yet up It is dusk (the sun has gone down) The moon is out The moon shines The month of July He/she went to the mountain The mountain is tall Hakeem is taller than Sada Climb the hill Climb down (Get off of it) The sun rises from the east The sun has set in the west