Lesson 2
Available episodes of Our Language in Your Hands. 3 / 3 Mark Turin meets the linguists who track and preserve the languages of the Big Apple. When you walk the halls of The Classical Academy, it's a regular occurrence to see students with their hands deep in craft supplies, participating in a fun game to extend a lesson, playing with play-doh while listening to a classic children's literature read aloud, or participating in a science demonstration or experiment. The use of space in sign language expression is widely assumed to be guided by iconic principles, which are furthermore assumed to hold in the same way across sign languages.
Dakoteyah Wogdaka!
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Lesson 2
Greetings, Commands, Culture and Values
Kic'iyuoninhanpi (Greetings) | Wowasake (Commands) |
Hinhana was'te. (Good morning.) | Iyotanka. (Sit down.) |
Wic'oka was'te. (Good afternoon.) | Hiyu. (Come here.) |
Anpetu was'te. (Good day.) | He c'un s'ni. (Don’t do that.) |
Hou koda. (Hello, friend.) | Anag'optan. (Listen.) |
Pidamaya. (Thank you.) | Inina. (Be quiet.) |
Toked yaun he? (How are you?) | Nape gduz'az'a. (Wash your hands.) |
Wanna wota (Time to eat.) |
Waonspeka kic'anyanpi (Culture) |
Tate Topa (Four Directions) |
Oc'eti S'akowin (Seven Council Fires) |
Sindarin Language Translator
Woteh'inda (Values) |
Ohetika (courage) |
O g'a waste (generosity) |
Ohoda (respect) |
Ksapa (wisdom) |
The Universe
Sintomni (Universe) | Omaka (Seasons) |
Anpa Wi (sun) | Wetu (spring) |
Wicanh'pi (stars) | Bdoketu (summer) |
Han Wi (moon) | Ptanyetu (fall) |
Mah'piya (sky) | Waniyetu (winter) |
Makan (earth) |
Mah'piya (clouds) |
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Wiacaceti (sundog) |
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Anpa O Wicanh'pi (morning star) |
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Ikc'e wic'as'a (Human beings) | Wamakas'kan (Animals) |
Hoks'iyopa (baby) | Tatanka (buffalo) |
Wic'inc'ana (girl) | S'unkakan (horse) |
Hoks'ina (boy) | C'apa (beaver) |
Kos'ka (youth-boy) | S'unka (dog) |
Wikos'ka (youth-girl) | Manka (skunk) |
Winyan (woman) | Zic'a (squirrel) |
Wic'as'a (man) | S'ungina (fox) |
Wic'ah'a (nan) (elder man) | S'ungmanitu (coyote) |
Winoh'ca (nan) (elder woman) | Sunktokeca (wolf) |
Wakanyeja (children) | Mato (bear) |
Tah'ca (deer) |
Tasnahec'a (gopher) |
Pinspinza (prairie dog) |
Zuzuhece (snake) |
Zitkana (Birds) | Wamduskanan (Worms/Insects) |
Wanbdi (eagle) | Honag'inan (flies) |
S'is'oka (robin) | Psipsic'anan (grasshopper) |
Tas'iyaka (meadow lark) | Psipsic'anan sapa (cricket) |
Cankatotona (woodpecker) | Kimimina (butterfly) |
Kang'i (crow) | Wabdus'kanan (caterpillar) |
C'etan (hawk) | C'aponka (mosquito) |
Hinhan (owl) |
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S'iyo (pheasant) |
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Mag'aks'ica (duck) |
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Mag'a (geese) |
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Zizic'a (turkey) |
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Anpaohotonna (chicken) |
Language Of The Handssindarin Lessons For Beginners
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Lesson 1 | Lesson 2 | Lesson 3 | Lesson 4 | Lesson 5 | Lesson 6 |
Lesson 7 | Lesson 8 | Lesson 9 | Lesson 10 | Lesson 11 | Lesson 12 |
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