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

Yarluyandi
English
kathamala
water
kayirri
creek
kudnari
flooded ground
marda
stone, stony hill
mulyuru
mud, clay
ngamara
channel of a creek
nganarra
bank of creek or river
ngapa-ngakani
running water
ngapa-tyiri
small creek
padla
sand, soil, Country
thaku
sandhill
thirpa
waterhole

 

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

pina means big.

Yarluyandi padla pina.
Yarluyandi Country is big.

 

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

Kunuwara kayirri-mu ngangi-yarra.
The children are playing in the creek.

Weather

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

kalkalkari
red sunset
makala
heat, hot weather, summer
makuwarda
big storm
malti
cold weather, winter
mandikila
flood wave
ngarumatha
great flood
ngurli-yarra
to rain
pari-wilpa
sky
paru-kala
lightning
pira
moon
pultithirri
thunder
puntithirri
cloud
puthurru
dust storm
thityi
sun
thityi-thandra
stars
wityikura
whirlwind

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

wintya means when.

Wintya ngurli-yarra?
When will it rain?

 

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

Yindi kalka paru-kala nhika-rnda?
Did you see the lightning yesterday?
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