NOTES for The June 22nd 2023 In-Person Conversational Garifuna Language Class with Garifuna Language Teacher Milton Guity Sr.
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How to say ‘capiche’ or ‘understand’ in the Garifuna Language was discussed.
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How to say ‘me’ in the Garifuna Language was discussed.
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I asked for, and we discussed and got a line-by-line translation of the Garifuna lyrics of the ‘Garifuna Nuguya’ song by Clayton Williams.
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I already knew the translation of most of the Garifuna Nuguya song, however, I wanted clarification on one word in the song that I did not know, nor could find in the Garifuna Dictionary.
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How to say, ‘Did you speak Garifuna with your mother?’ in the Garifuna Language was discussed.
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How to say, ‘I am learning’ in the Garifuna Language was discussed.
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How to say, ‘must study every day’ in the Garifuna Language was discussed.
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How to say, ‘Did you hear about ______?’ in the Garifuna Language was discussed.
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How to say ‘eat’ in the Garifuna Language was discussed.
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How to say ‘I ate’, ‘you ate’, ‘he ate’, ‘she ate’, ‘we ate’ and ‘they ate’ in the Garifuna Language was discussed.
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How to say Dates, Numbers, Months, etc in the Garifuna Language was reviewed again.
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A way to say, ‘Happy Birthday’ in the Garifuna Language was discussed.
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How to say, ‘what day is today?’ in the Garifuna Language was discussed.
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How to say, ‘what day was yesterday? (female exclusive) in the Garifuna Language was discussed.
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How to say, ‘I talk’ in the Garifuna Language was discussed.
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A Garifuna translation of some of the lyrics of the Happy Birthday song in the Garifuna Language was discussed.
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