Meeting people in Pitjantjatjara
How are you, what is your name, where are you from, I like it: the first five minutes. Play the ten Pitjantjatjara words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.
All 10 Pitjantjatjara phrases in this lesson
- Nyuntu palya?NYUN-tu PAL-ya
- How are you?
- Ngayulu palyaNGA-yu-lu PAL-ya
- I'm fine, thanks
- Nyuntu?NYUN-tu
- And you?
- Nyuntumpa ini nyaa?NYUN-tum-pa I-ni nyah
- What's your name?
- Ngayuku ini...NGA-yu-ku I-ni
- My name is...
- Nyuntu ngura yaaltji?NYUN-tu NGU-ra YAAL-chi
- Where are you from?
- Ngayuku ngura...NGA-yu-ku NGU-ra
- I'm from...
- Ngayulu mukuringanyiNGA-yu-lu MU-ku-ri-nga-nyi
- I like it
- WiruWI-ru
- It's beautiful
- Ngalya yanamaNGAL-ya YA-na-ma
- Welcome
Literally "you good?" The usual answer is palya or uwa, palya.
Literally "I good". No verb for "am" is needed.
Literally "you?".
Literally "your name what?" Ini means name. Asking directly is fine, though people are often introduced through family.
Ngayuku means my. Add your name at the end.
Literally "your home, where?". Ngura means home, place and country.
Literally "my home is ...".
Literally "I am wanting it", which covers liking.
Also means nice and good. Uluṟu is called wiru often.
Literally "come here", how people welcome you in.