My Father & My Mother

Step 1

On the family tree below click the shape representing your father. A small window will appear with the Northern Pomo phrase “he is my father.” Click the play button to hear the Northern Pomo phrase being said.

Sounds

Step 2

Use the recording tool in the small window to practice saying the Northern Pomo phrase until you feel comfortable with pronouncing it.

Step 3

On Worksheet 1 write “he is my father” in Northern Pomo on the “he is my father” line.

Now do Steps 1, 2, and 3 for "She is my mother."

When you’ve finished, check the At the End of Lesson 2 box below to make sure you’ve completed all the activities for this Lesson.

Thinking about language!

Do you notice any ways that the Northern Pomo sentences you just learned are different from the English sentences that mean the same thing? Is there anything different about the order that the words are in?

At the end of Lesson 2:

I used the Recording Tool to practice pronouncing the Northern Pomo phrases “he is my father” and “she is my mother.”
I wrote “he is my father” and “she is my mother” in Northern Pomo on Worksheet 1.

ʔa:mi-tʰe ma:n na
	ʔa:mi-tʰe	ma:n	na
	my mother	she	be
She is my mother
CO

ʔa:mi-ʔe mo:w na
	ʔa:mi-ʔe	mo:w	na
	my father	he	be
he is my father
CO
CO

ʔ	a	a:	b	ch
ch'	d	e	e:	h
i	i:	j	k	k'
kʰ	l	m	n	o
o:	p	p'	pʰ	s
sh	t	t'	tʰ	t̪
t̪'	t̪ʰ	ts	ts'	u
u:	w	x	y

my wife
ʔa:mi-dahan
noun	my wife
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Step 2

Step 3

Thinking about language!

At the end of Lesson 2:

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