NOTES for The June 16th 2023 In-Person Conversational Garifuna Language Class with Garifuna Language Teacher Milton Guity Sr.
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I arrived at the class at approximately 7pm, an hour late.
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How to construct and say dates (Month, Day Number / Day of the Week and Year) in the Garifuna Language was discussed.
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How to say contemporarily January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December, in the Garifuna Language were discussed.
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There are specific Garifuna Vocabulary Words for the Months of the year, but they are older terms and are not commonly used, so the contemporary terms for the Months of the year were discussed instead.
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The format and structure of saying or writing dates in a Garifuna sentence was discussed.
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We practiced saying famous dates in the Garifuna Language like March 14th 1795, which is the day of the Death of Joseph Chatoyer, a Leader of the Garifuna People in that time period and in the war against The British.
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Other dates broken down included, July 4th 1776 and our individual Birthdays.
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How to say Full Moon in the Garifuna Language was discussed.
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How to say Like in the Garifuna Language was discussed.
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How to say ‘Days of the Week’ in the Garifuna Language was discussed. How to say, ‘What day is TODAY?’ in the Garifuna Language was discussed.
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How to say Now in the Garifuna Language was discussed. One way is male exclusive and the other way to say Now in the Garifuna Language is female exclusive.
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How to say, ‘When are you leaving?’ in the Garifuna Language was discussed. A response like ‘today, Friday’ and ‘leaving Monday’ in the Garifuna Language was discussed.
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A student asked for a translation of a Garifuna lyric to a song by a group called Mala Estrella.
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A sheet of paper with Days of the Week and sample sentences in Garifuna was shared with the class.
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How to say Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday in the Garifuna Language was discussed.
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How to say ‘Day’ and ‘Sun’ in the Garifuna Language was discussed.
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How to say ‘month’ and ‘moon’ in the Garifuna Language was discussed.
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How to say ‘week’ in the Garifuna Language was discussed.
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How to say ‘one week’ in the Garifuna Language was discussed.
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The different gender-wise ways of saying ‘what day is today?’ in the Garifuna Language was discussed.
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How to say, ‘yesterday was Thursday’ in the Garifuna Language was discussed.
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How to say, ‘what day will be tomorrow?’ in the Garifuna Language was discussed.
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How to say, ‘Tomorrow will be Saturday.’ in the Garifuna Language was discussed. The suffix that is added to a word to indicate the future in the Garifuna Language was discussed.
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How to say, ‘what day was yesterday?’ (male exclusive) in the Garifuna Language was discussed.
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How to say ‘today’, ‘yesterday’ (gender exclusive), ‘tomorrow’ and ‘now’ (gender exclusive) in the Garifuna Language was discussed.
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