Mapudungun language/Lesson 2: Chumül akuymi?


 * Note:
 * This lesson uses the Mapudungun's Unified Alphabet.

Dialog
(Andrés, a student, arrives his school)

Teacher: Mari mari kom pu che. Pichikeche: Mari mari Teacher. Teacher: Anümün. Fachia n tü ta kiñe we kolekial müley. Iney pingeymi? Andrés: Iñche ta Andrés Huichalao pingen. Teacher: Tunten tripantü nieymi? Andrés: Aylla tripantü nien. Teacher: Chew tuwimi am? Andrés: Epul lof tuwün. Teacher: Chumül akuymi? Andrés: Wiya akun. Teacher: Feymew, fewla kake pichikeche müley mi kimael.

Translation
Teacher: Good morning everybody. Niños: Good morning teacher. Teacher: Sit down. Today we have a new student. What's your name? Andrés: My name is Andrés Huichalao. Teacher: How old are you? Andrés: I'm nine. Teacher: Where are you from? Andrés: I come from the Epul community. Teacher: When did you arrive here? Andrés: Yesterday. Teacher: Well OK, now you have to meet the other children.

Vocabulary
Kom pu che: Everybody, all people.
 * kom: everything
 * pu: plural form for animated nouns
 * che: people

Anümün: Sit down. Fachia n tü ta kiñe we kolekial müley: Today we have a new student.
 * fachia n tü: today (lit. this day)
 * kiñe: one
 * we: new
 * kolekial: student, pupil
 * müley: there is

Tunten tripantü nieymi?: How old are you?
 * tunten: how (how many, most commonly)
 * tripantü: year
 * nieymi: (you) have/are

Aylla tripantü nien: I am nine.
 * aylla: nine
 * nien: I have / I am

Chew tuwimi am?: Where are you from?
 * chew: where
 * tuwimi: (you do) come

Epul lof tuwün: I come from the Epul community-
 * lof: lof, Mapuche community
 * tuwün: (I) come

Chumül akuymi?: When did you arrive here?
 * chumül: when
 * akuymi: arrive here

Wiya akun: I arrived yesterday.
 * wiya: yesterday
 * akun: arrived here

Feymew, fewla kake pichikeche müley mi kimael: Well OK, now you have to meet the other children
 * feymew: then, well OK
 * fewla: now
 * kake: others
 * pichikeche: children (lit. small people)
 * müley mi kimael: (you) must meet (lit. you are to meet)