Ngäbere
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Guaymi also known as Movere (Mobe), is a native American language spoken by the Ngäbe or Guaymí people. There are 133,092 Guaymí in Central America, predominantly in Panama
(128,000).
Some simple Ngäbere words and their phonetical spellings are:
Panama
Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...
(128,000).
Some simple Ngäbere words and their phonetical spellings are:
- Hello => ma bone-yo
- What is your name? => ma cone-yo
- I am John => ti go John
- It’s hot today => con gee-ray
- Good morning => yan-toro dega
- Good afternoon => yan-toro dere
- Good evening => yan-toro day-oo
- I’m going => te nigita
- I’m going to eat => te nigita muh-ruh-re
- I’m going to work => te nigita sire-vide
- Very good => borry-coyne
- Let’s go => buh-ron
- See you later => ah-toe-eye-ah hedd-a-way
- dog => nu-guro
- cat => min-gee
- chicken => kwee
- bird => nu-gwo
- crab => doo-day
- sand fly => née-ba
- ant => nine-ya
- termite => co-may-hen
- mosquito => huh-ra
- big mosquito (or insect) => mung-wa
- banana => dig-ee-ma
- banana (small variety) => bu-ju-ru
- plantains => mu-ra-bun-ga
- mother => tee-may-yay
- father => tee-roon
- brother => tee-ed-eba
- sister => ting-why
- house => who
- my house => who-tee-may
- stove => née-o-gwa
- food => muh-ruh
- ocean => mar-en-ee-a
- beach => oo-ma
- sun => hi-wanna
- moon => s-uh
- wind => mu-rie
- rain => niu
- beautiful => bone-o-ray
- unattractive => ma-musa
- white person => merry g-inn-ee
- shoe => sab-da
- machete => née-dra
- boat => ru
- sandal => cringu
- chubby person => bool-i-kree
- skinny person => bool-i-chee