Unit 1: tok (unit one)

Unit Introduction

Aims

To learn the differences between non-breathy ‘ɔ’ and the breathy ‘ɔ̈’ since they are the most commonly mispronounced of the Dinka’s vowels. To learn the greeting, To learn six ways of greeting: By the end, student will be able to know the different betwee

Prerequisites

By the end of this lesson the student will be able to know how to use the right greeting at the right time: 1. Anytime greeting: muɔ̈th, Looi adi, Kudual/mathë 2. Different time, day greeting: Cï yï ruɔn (bäk), ca cool, Cï yï thɛi 3. student will be able to introduce him/herself to one another 4. Know the different between the singular and plural greeting

Detailed Description

The Dinka alphabet contains 33 uppercase and 33 lowercase characters. The following characters make up the Dinka alphabet:

Knowing the relationships between the vowels is a key to understanding the changes that occur between Non-Breathy and Breathy vowels. The patterns are:

The first Dinka lesson, the important of this lesson is to learn the greeting, as you greet, you use groups of greetings. Every greeting you use has a different meaning. The way the greeting is used determines what part of the day is. There are six ways of greeting in Dinka:

muɔ̈th, Looi ye di ?, Kudual/määthi, Cï yï ruɔn (bäk), ca cool, Cï yï thɛi one thing you need to remember is a different between the “one on one greeting” (Singular greeting) and two or many people greeting (Plural greeting)

Estimated Time

≈2.00hours

Objectives

learn Dinka alphabet

learn greeting

Required Materials

One needs to be very careful with the day time greeting and Singular greeting and Plural greeting since they are the most commonly confusing in the Dinka language particular the non-native speaker, please be sure that you are using the right greeting.