Jumieka/Level 1/Lesson 1

From Wikibooks, the open-content textbooks collection < Jumieka Lesson 1 — Greetings Dialogue Andre: Hallo! Mi name Andre. A wey yu name? Sofía: Hallo, Andre. Me name Sofía. ¿A ho yu pell Andre? Andre: Yu pell A-N-D-R-E. ¿A wa a gann? Sofía: Nuthen much. ¿wah bout yu? Andre: mi aright tu. Sofía: aright, lata. Andre: lata! Translation (wait until the end of the lesson). Hello What's your name? To ask someone else's name in Jumieka, use "name", then one of the phrases in the table below (Wey yu name? is "What's your name?"). In Jumieka, to say your name, you use name, (Mi name Andre is "My name is Andre"). English Jumieka I am named Me name You (familiar, singular) are called Yu name He/She/You (formal, singular) is/are called 'im name We are called Wi name You (familiar, plural) are called Uno name They/You (formal, plural) are called Dem name Examples Me name Chris My name is Chris Dem name Peter an Robert They're called Peter and Robert. Wah yu name? What's your name? Wha im/shi name? What's his/her name? Go to the exercise. How are you? How do you spell Summary In this lesson, you have learned How to greet people (Hallo; Gooud Dah; Lata). How to introduce yourself (Me name Rosa). How to introduce others (shi name Rosa). How to say how you are (Irie; Ahright; Gooud). How to spell your name (Eh pelt P-E-T-E-R). How to ask others about any of the above (Wey yu name?; A hou yu a do?; A hou yu pell?). Jumieka