Manksi/Lesson 1

Vocabulary Amasa - hello Alavida - goodbye annjae - me annjaeni - my aapma - you aapmani - your naan - name haiya - is tumu - what Introduction Manksi is very similar to English, and the grammar is relatively easy. Conversation Amasa! Amasa! Aapmani naan haiya tumu? Annjaeni naan haiya John! Annjaeni naan haiya Micheal. Alavida! Question particle If you are familiar with chinese, tumu is exactly like the word 什么, for those who are not familiar, let’s put an answer. “Your name is ___”, now, to ask “What is your name”, you would say “Your name is what”, which basically says, “Annjaeni naan haiya tumu?”.