Lesson 4 – Country and Weather

Let’s learn some words to talk about Country and weather. This lesson also includes some sentences to practise speaking about Country and weather.

First, let’s learn some words for padla Country. There are many words related to kathamala water and kayirri creeks which gives you a good idea of what Yarluyandi Country looks like!

Country words

Here are some sentences to practise using these words for Country:

pina means big.

kunuwara means children, -mu means in, at, on, and ngangi-yarra means playing.

Weather

Let’s learn some words for weather as well as some more general words for pari-wilpa sky:

Here are some sentences to practise using these words for weather:

wintya means when.

yindi means you, kalka means yesterday, and nhika-rnda means saw.