Lesson 4 – Body
In this lesson we will be learning different words for body parts. At the end of this lesson, practise the new vocabulary by singing the ‘heads, shoulders, knees and toes’ song!
The head and face
Tanganekald
English
Urti ‘deadly’! Now let’s learn the words for the rest of the body.
The body
Now let’s have a go at singing the ‘heads, shoulders, knees and toes’ song in Tanganekald ruminyeri ‘language’!
Kuli, martkul, turtangi, yeretjena
Verse 1
Verse 2
Urti! ‘Deadly!’ Now let’s have a go at these sentences using the words we’ve learnt.
ngapa means ‘I’, manakar means ‘beard’ and kinemin means ‘black’.
ananyi means ‘my’, nangar means ‘mother’, mandulapi means ‘neck’, and prupi means ‘bad’.
nganayeri means ‘girl’, thumelin means ‘green’ and peilu means ‘eyes’.