Vincent Collette teaches linguistics and Nakoda at First Nations University of Canada in Regina. Armand McArthur is from the Siyónide Nakóna Oyáde (Pheasant Rump First Nation) and of mixed Wadopana-I?ha?' ktu?wan origin. He is a Nakoda language instructor at First Nations University of Canada and also leads Nakoda language classes in Pheasant Rump. Wilma Kennedy is a Language Keeper from Carry The Kettle Nakoda First Nation. She grew up with the Nakoda language and culture.

• CONTENTSIntroductionCHAPTER 1Objectives, Dialogues, and VocabularyThanking, Farewell, and Self-IntroductionNakoda Alphabet and Sound SystemSyllables and AccentParts of SpeechNote on SpellingChapter 1 ExercisesCHAPTER 2Objectives, Dialogues, and VocabularyWord Order in NakodaDemonstrativesClass 1: Regular Stem VerbsDual ?- “we two”Sounds: Uvulars ? and ?Chapter 2 ExercisesCHAPTER 3Objectives, Dialogues, and VocabularyInterrogative SentencesImperative Particles wo and boClass 2: Y-Stem VerbsPotential/Future Marker -ktaSounds: Glottal Stop [’]Chapter 3 ExercisesCHAPTER 4Objectives, Dialogues, and VocabularyCardinal NumbersOrdinal NumbersMathematical OperationsAge and TimeDistance and HeightChapter 4 ExercisesCHAPTER 5Objectives, Dialogues, and VocabularyKinship NounsReference to Time: Past, Present,and Future/PotentialClass 3: Nasal Conjugation Verbs(or N-Conjugation)Plural of SubjectsChapter 5 ExercisesCHAPTER 6Objectives, Dialogues, and VocabularyNegationActive and Stative VerbsStative Verbs: ColoursHow to Say “To Be” in NakodaSounds: Nasal SpreadChapter 6 ExercisesCHAPTER 7Objectives, Dialogues, and VocabularyDeclarative Male Enclitic no“Let’s” ConstructionsConjunction Markers: íš “and, also, him/her/it/they too”; híkna "and"; eštá “or”Spatial Adverbs and PostpositionsChapter 7 ExercisesCHAPTER 8Objectives, Dialogues, and VocabularyAsking Questions with Where,When, and WhoVerbs of Departing, Going, and ArrivingActive Verbs: Intransitive and TransitiveInflections of Transitive Verbs(Third Person Object)Sounds: Ejective ConsonantsChapter 8 ExercisesCHAPTER 9Objectives, Dialogues, and VocabularyMore Verbs Expressing States andBodily FunctionsOwnership and PossessionPart/Whole RelationsNoun Quantifiers edáh? “some” anddóna “some, many”Chapter 9 ExercisesCHAPTER 10Objectives, Dialogues, and VocabularyComplex Noun FormationNoun IncorporationIndependent Pronouns for Focusand ContrastIntensifiers -? and -?t?y?Chapter 10 ExercisesCHAPTER 11Objectives, Dialogues, and VocabularyAdverbs of Time/Space and MannerFormation of Irregular VerbsInflections of Transitive Verbs(Third Person Subject)Chapter 11 ExercisesCHAPTER 12Objectives, Dialogues, and VocabularyTribes and Tribal AffiliationTransitive Verb Inflections: -ci- “I on You” and -maya- “You on Me”Aspectual MarkersChapter 12 ExercisesCHAPTER 13Objectives, Dialogues, and VocabularyLinkers: cén, nécen, žécen, ecénComplex Sentences with the Conditionals štén “if, when” and h?da(h?) “whenever”Inflections of Transitive Verbs: -w?ca-(Third Person Plural Object)Chapter 13 ExercisesCHAPTER 14Objectives, Dialogues, and VocabularyGicí “with someone”; óm “with them”Reciprocal -gici-/-ci- “action doneto one another”Modality ParticlesSpecific, Unspecific ObjectsInterjectionsChapter 14 ExercisesCHAPTER 15Objectives and DialoguesInstrumentalsIndefinite Prefix wa-Locatives a-, o-, ?-Nominalizing Ablaut and ZeroNominalizationChapter 15 ExercisesCHAPTER 16Objectives, Dialogues, and VocabularyReduplicationCompoundingCausatives -ya and -kiyaAspectual Auxiliary VerbsModality VerbsChapter 16 ExercisesCHAPTER 17Objectives, Dialogues, and VocabularyReflexive -?c’i-/-?k- “to act upon oneself”Possessive -gi-/-k- “to act on one’s own”Dative -gi- “to act to, for, of somebody else”Benefactive -giji- “to act for the benefit of somebody else”Chapter 17 ExercisesCHAPTER 18ObjectivesDialectal DifferencesChapter 18 ExercisesText 1. Né wótija?a gá?a mitúgašiText 2. Wašp?y?biText 3. Mniw?ja agásampadah? ?híbi-c’eh?Text 4. Íkusana hík š?kcúkanaText 5. WacégiyabiReferencesAPPENDICESAppendix 1: Kinship TableAppendix 2: Glossary of Grammatical TermsAppendix 3: Verb ClassesNakoda/English Lexicon

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