Mapudungun language/Lesson 2: Chumül akuymi?

Note

Dialog

(Andrés, a student, arrives his school)

Teacher: Mari mari kom pu che.
Pichikeche: Mari mari Teacher.
Teacher: Anümün. Fachiantü 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.
Fachiantü ta kiñe we kolekial müley: Today we have a new student.

fachiantü: 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)