Wenja Grammar: Sentence Starters
Sentence Starters: Many sentences in Wenja start with a special word that is either an adverb (like nu ‘now, yes’, tu ‘then, so’) or a conjunction (like nu ‘and’ or ma ‘but’). These words not
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Wenja Language: janha, janhas, janman-kwa
Smarkaka salwa! Pra samkway (@Eevy) Twitter-ha parcha: “Sakwamans sa mi-janha-dajri. Kwayshim Winja kurpashna santayta, pracham? Kwati janmanis Winja-ha warha?” Shaja, traya dajris warshta iti : janha, janhas, janman-kwa. Hey everyone!
Wenja Language: nasa
Smarkaka, salwa! Shaja Brina mu-kwa Danville, KY-m shalamas, ha History Respawned-is tatichan-ha warhamas. Shaja war manu Winjas iti warhamas. Shajas dajri warshta: nasa. Hello, everyone! Today Brenna & I are
Wenja Language: haya
Su shayar, salwa! Harhika pa, apa dajri-dachaymanim Winja frashmanis hu-gwamamas. Kwati tani-Winja gwash? Ku su shuta dus? Good morning, everyone! After a small break, we’re back to our daily
Wenja Grammar: the Copula & Stand-Alone Pronouns
To Be or Not to Be? (In Wenja, usually not.) In English, we make use of a form of the word to be, also known as the copula, to connect a noun with
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Wenja Language: swarga
Su shayar, salwa. Na shaja mi-janhasi su dajri — mi-chamyugi (@brennabyrd) & mi-sushnu (yiyi nashman Shlakanra Winja-ha) swarga. Na su hu-sasarsh. Nakway smaya. Good morning, all. Today is not a
Wenja Language: ku
Su shayar, sakush! Pra chashka warshtas “u” warhamas. Inglishu, “sentence starter” kalhamas. Shaja alya “sentence starter” hawchamas : ku. “Good morning, friends! Earlier we spoke about the command word “u”. In English,
Wenja Grammar: hu-
Past, Present and Future Here’s an answer to an email we got. If you have suggestions or questions, please let us know! Wenja are very “present” and not usually concerned
Wenja Language: majish
Smarkaka, salwa! Shaja alya Winja kam-kamya warshtas warhamas : majish. Majish is the basic word meaning “big, large, great” and is often yelled in the context of the Udam —
Wenja Language: salwa
Smarkaka, salwa! “Salwa” is a word that we’ve used quite a bit in the last couple weeks in our Wenja lessons, though it’s never been explicitly discussed. Meaning “all, whole,