Yokoim English

sentence we are leaving

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun full grass skirt

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

sentence the woman took the pig from me

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

noun woman, lady

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

phrase tomorrow

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

phrase my arrow

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sentence I don’t have two pigs

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

sentence I don’t see the pig

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

sentence I cut it with an axe

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

sentence I want to see the pig

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

noun clay cooking vessel

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

phrase my one canoe

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase my canoe

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase my wife

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase my [coconut palm]

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun; phrase dried fish

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun mouth

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun black body paint

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

noun virgin mary [mother]

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun cassowary

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun fire

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun eye (pl. eyes)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun; phrase three baskets

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun coconut

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun frog

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun local salt

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

adjective black

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

noun house (pl. houses)

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

sentence there are many houses

Speaker: Nick Waikay ,
Dialect: Konmei

noun mosquitos (sg. mosquito)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun meat

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

numeral ten

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun seeds for making music

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun ears (sg. ear)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun feet

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

phrase took from me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun egg (pl. eggs)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun tree (pl. trees)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun canoe

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

phrase big canoe

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun armband

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

noun stamps for body painting

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun sago pudding

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun head

Speaker: Chris Nick ,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun armband

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

noun kapus vegetable

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun fly

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun fishes

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

noun daughter

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun stick for stirring pot

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

phrase big pig (pl. big pigs)

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

adjective big

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

phrase am, are [lying]

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun crocodiles (sg. crocodile)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun brother

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

sentence I see you

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

phrase one [river]

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase one whiteman

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase one pig

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sentence look at me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence don’t tell me (imperative)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

sentence you will give the pig to me

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

sentence don’t come here (imperative)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

noun hat

Speaker: Louis Kolisi ,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun hat

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

phrase that pig

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

phrase my pig (pl. my pigs)

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

noun leg

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

adjective true

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun fishing rod

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun boy

Speaker: Ben Koni,
Dialect: Konmei

phrase one song

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun grass skirt

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun wild ginger

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun suput bird

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun stool

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun day

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun; phrase sago log

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun tooth (pl. teeth)

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun (fruit) seeds

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence I didn’t give the pig to you

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

sentence we didn’t see you

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

sentence I don’t know you

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence you didn’t see me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence you didn’t see us

Speaker: Chris Nick,
Dialect: Manjamai

noun sago starch flour

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun axe

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun black palm

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

adjective young

Speaker: Augus Kaien,
Dialect: Karawari

phrase my son

Speaker: Nick Waikay,
Dialect: Konmei

phrase one dog

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sentence you are lying to me

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

phrase one eye

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

sentence don’t look at yourself

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

sentence I gave the pig to them

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun fern

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun; phrase fern

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

noun small cooking broom

Speaker: Louis Kolisi,
Dialect: Kundiman

phrase my song

Speaker: Felix Andi,
Dialect: Karawari

noun small cane

Speaker: Nick Waikay ,
Dialect: Konmei