Self Introduction And Introducing Others In Nkwen Language

A. Self Introduction in Nkwen Language

Question	Answer
Ә̀lwenә wwo bә a wә?   What is your name?	Ә̀lwenә wa bә Ngәlo. My name is –Ngelo
O dzwi a fә? Where do you live?	Mә ndzwi fәfә New York City.  I live in New York City.
O bә әluŋә dzwi sә’ә? How old are you?	Mǝ̀ bә әlùŋә nә̀kwà. I’m 4 years old.
Әlwenə mma wwo wә̀? What’s your mother’s name?	Әlwenә mma wà bә̀ Ngә̀fò My mother’s name is Ngefor.
Ә̀lwenә әtàa wwo wә̀? What’s your Father’s name?	ǝ̀lwenә әtàa wà bә Ndìfò My father’s name is Ndifor.
O ku ndyâ-ŋwà’àrǝ̀ a fә? Where do you school?	Mǝ kǔ ndyâ-ŋwà’àrǝ̀ Saint Joseph. I school at Saint Joseph’s.

 

B. Introducing Others

Li bә wә̀? Who is this?

Li bә̀wә? Who are these?

Li bә әtàa wà. This is my Father.

Li bә mma wà. This is my mother.

Li bә ndәmә wà. This is my brother/sister.

Li bә ndәmә wà wu mǝ̀ngyǝ̌. This is my sister.

Li bә ndәmә wà wu mǝ̀mbaŋnǝ̌. This is my brother.

Li bәlәmә ba. These are my siblings.

Li bә muwì. This is my younger one.

Li bǝ̀muwi. These are my younger ones.

Li bә Ndi wà. This is my older brother/sister

Li bә̀li ba. These are my older brothers/sisters/siblings

Li bә tanka wà. This is my friend.

 

Li bә әtàa wà. Ә̀lwenә yi bә Ngu’u. This is my Father. His name is Ngu.

Li bә mma wà. Ә̀lwenә yi bә Ngǝlo. This is my mother. Her name is  Ngelo.

Li bә ndәmә wà. Ә̀lwenә yi bә Ngwi. This is my brother/sister. Her name is Ngwi.

Li bә ndәmә wà wu mǝ̀ngyǝ̌. Ә̀lwenә yi bә Ntsaŋә. This is my sister. Her name is Nchang.

Li bә ndәmә wà wu mǝ̀mbaŋnǝ̌. Ә̀lwenә yi bә Talà. This is my brother his name is Tala.

Li bәlәmә ba. mǝ̀ lwenә mya bǝ Ngu’u bwo Ngefò. These are my siblings. Their names are Ngu and Ngefor. 

Li bә muwì. Ә̀lwenә yi bә Nәә. This is my younger one. Her name is Neh.

Li bәmuwì. Mǝ̀lwenә mya bǝ Ngwenǝ̀ bwo Fru. These are my younger ones. Their names are Ngwen and Fru.

Li bә Ndi wà. Ә̀lwenә yi bә Ndo’onywe. This is my older brother/sister. His/her name is Ndonwie.

Li bә̀li ba. Mǝ̀lwenә mya bǝ Talà bwo Ngenywè. These are my older brothers/sisters/siblings. Their names are Tala and Ngenwie.

Counting:  1 – 10

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mòˀo      1

bya         2   

Tarǝ        3

kwà        4

tanә̀       5

ǹtùu       6    

sàmba    7 

nә̀fǎ        8   

nә̀bwùˀu     9

nә̀ghәmә̀   10 

C. Some Typical Nkwen Names are:

Masculine	Feminine	Masculine	Feminine
Azε’ὲ	Ngǝfò	Ndonywè	Ngwikarǝ
Abu’ùngwa	Ngenywe	Funywè	Ngwinà
Abu’ùngòŋǝ̀	Ngǝtsε̌	Chenywè	Ngwingǝ’ǝ̀
Afoŋǝ̀	Ngǝnchè	Tanto’o	Ngwimǝ̀là
Afwôngàŋә	Ngǝndzàŋǝ̀	Tanywè	Ngwibǝ̀sǝ̀rǝ̀
Afwôtyi	Ngǝgha’à	Tamya	Ngwifǝ̀sa’a
Àtâ	Ngǝmǝ̀naŋә	Tabìi	Ngwigha
Àkosùŋǝ̀	Ngǝgha	Ndyângàŋә	Ngwibenǝ̀
Ndìfò	Ngǝmboŋә	Ndyânshye	Ngwifò
Ngu’u	Ngǝlà	Tsu’umbònә	Ngwibǝ̀na
Tabǝ̀fò	Ngǝla’a	Tsәkwì’i	Ngwinǝ̀mu
Tamǝ̀lu’ù	Ngǝlwi	Nta’aghǝmǝ̀	Ngwifà’a
Talà	Ngǝnǝ̀fǝ̀mǝ	Ngangtǝ̀’ǝ	Nìi
Tankǝ’ǝ	Ngǝla’a	Amà’ànchǝ̀	Binywe
Tantǝ̀’ǝ	Ngǝlo	Tanchǝ̀	Frinywe
Takwì’i	Ngǝmǝkùŋǝ	Ndzǝ̀mǝ̀nchǝ̀	Nchangnywe
Tanǝ̀fǝ̀mǝ	Ngǝbǝ̀kǝ̀mǝ	Ndoŋnyi	Nǝǝ
Tanfu’u	Ngǝkwi’i	Ntsaŋku’u	Nà’a
Taghàa	Ngǝmǝlù’ù	Nkwentǝ̀	Shikye
Tamǝnjyǝ	NgwenC	ntsamǝ̀koŋә	Awa’à
Tanshye	Ngwi	Afǝ̀ŋnchwe	Àzhà
Tandyâ		Mbisa’a
Mbεrǝ̀faŋǝ̀

 

 

(Nә̀ghәmә̀) ǹchә̀-mò’o   –    11 

ǹchә̀-bya    –     12

ǹchә̀-tarә    –    13

ǹchә̀-nə̀kwà   –  14

ǹchә̀- tanә̀  – 15

ǹchә̀-ǹtùu     –   16

ǹchә̀-sàmba    – 17

ǹchә̀-nə̀fàa     –  18

ǹchә̀-nə̀bwùˀu  – 19

mə̀ghəmə məmbya  – 20

mә̀ghәmә mәmbya nә ǹchә̀-mò’o    –   21

mә̀ghәmә  mәmbya nә ǹchә̀-bya    – 22

mә̀ghәmә mәmbya nә ǹchә̀-tarә    – 23

mә̀ghәmә  mәmbya nә ǹchә̀-nә̀kwà   – 24

mә̀ghәmә mәmbya nә ǹchә̀-tanә ̀    – 25

mә̀ghәmә mәmbya nә ǹchә̀-ǹtùu    – 26

mә̀ghәmә mәmbya nә ǹchә̀-samba    – 27

mә̀ghәmә mәmbya nә ǹchә̀-nә̀fǎ – 28

mә̀ghәmә mәmbya nә ǹchә̀-nә̀bwùˀu – 29

mә̀ghәmә mәntarә     –  30

Professions/occupation/vocations

Әtàa wwo fa’a kǝ̀? What’s your Father’s job?

Әtàa wà bә ntsuˀu-mə̀ghònə (dokǝtà) –  My father is a doctor/nurse.

Ŋù-ngaŋə̀           – a herbalist       

ǹdə̀-ŋwàˀàrə̀       – a teacher

ǹtsὲrə̀-mə̀nsàˀa  – a judge

ǹsa’à-mǝ̀nsa’à    – a lawyer

ǹtyə̂-akhə̌             – a carver

ǹliˀì-mǝ̀nsùŋə      – a farmer

ǹtswìˀì-nə̀byě      – a fisherman

ǹsùŋə̀-nə̀kâ         – a driver

ǹnyesə̀–nə̀kâ       – a mechanic

ǹghwùrə̀-bə̀ntò   – a potter

ǹtwi-əlà                – a blacksmith

ǹnyesè–tyǝ           – a hairdresser

ǹkuŋə̀-tyǝ             – a barber

Sequential pronouns highlighted:

Mma wà bә ǹtsuˀu-mə̀ghònə  – my mother is a nurse.

Ndәmә wà bә ǹdə̀-ŋwàˀàrə̀     – my brother/sister is a teacher.

Ndì wà bә ǹtsὲrə̀-mə̀nsàˀa  –    my older one is a lawyer. 

Muwi bә ǹsa’à-mǝ̀nsa’à    –     my younger one is a judge.

Tanka wà bә ǹsùŋə̀-nə̀kâ    – my friend is a driver.

Moo wa bә ǹtswìˀì-nə̀bye    – my child is a fisherman.

Mǝ̀ngye wa bә ǹnyesə̀–tyǝ     – my wife is a hairdresser.

Nduŋə wa bә ǹkuŋə̀-tyǝ     – my husband is a barber.

The highlighted ǹ above is a sequential pronoun marker in Nkwen language that forms nouns from verbs, as in the examples above, and also stands for the person when a number of actions are taken in a sequence. E.g.

Ngəfò ghə afò, m̀benə ngwàsaŋə m̀bù nlaa ǹninŋə məmə nkhè ǹghə̀ ǹfya mbwo moo yε. (Ngefor went to the farm, harvested corn, came back home, cooked it, put it in a basket, and took it to her son/daughter.) All the highlighted m̀ and ǹ  stand for the person (Ngəfò) doing the actions.

 

Self Introduction And Introducing Others In Nkwen Language

Related:

 

1. Talking in Nkwen Language
2. Nkwen Language Handbook Sequence 3 Lessons 1 to 3 Trees, Grass, Vegetables, Fruits
3. Nkwen Language Handbook Sequence 2 Lessons 8 and 9
4. Nkwen Language Handbook Sequence 2 Lesson 7
5. Nkwen Language Handbook Sequence 2 Lessons 5 and 6
6. Nkwen Language Lessons And Podcast

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Nkwen Language Handbook

Nkwen Language Lessons

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Speaking in Nkwen Language

 

 

Self Introduction And Introducing Others In Nkwen Language