Generate language for a range of purposes in simple spoken and written texts, expanding context-related vocabulary and applying elements of the Noongar grammatical system, including:
- noticing and using singular and plural nouns in such contexts as
- healthy lifestyles
- NAIDOC and the local community
- the night sky and stars
- the moon and tidal effects
- mapping local, country and regional areas
- the sea as a source of food and sea food chains
- extending the use of common singular, plural, demonstrative and possessive pronouns
- identifying and using interrogative pronouns naadjil, nginda, ngalan (why, when, how many)
- extending the use of commonly used adjectives of size, shape, colour, quality or state
- using adjectives such as djool and balyan to illustrate opposites
- building on the use of adverbs of direction and time, including yira/ngarda (up/down), bwora/bandak (inside/outside), koorboorli/koodjakat (behind/in front of), kalyakoorl/yoowardjil (always/never), moolyak/yoodok (first/last)
- extending the use and understanding of the imperative and common verb tenses, including the habitual, future, present and past tenses
- building on the use of the modal verb ‘will’, as in Nadjool djakoorl miya-k. Nyoondool waap djenborl?
- extending the use of common suffixes/affixes to identify and understand those for location, place, direction to or from, with and possession, including -kadak
- noticing and understanding the use of the nominal suffix/affix for habitat/environment, such as bilya-koop (river habitat) and maambakoort-koop (sea environment); for example, Kwilena, maamoong baalap maambakoort-koop nyin.
- developing an understanding of the use of the nominal suffix/affix for like/similar to, -mokiny; for example, in biyabeda-mokiny, wiring-mokiny (squid-like, line-like)
- developing an understanding of the use of the suffix/affix for negative, no or without, such as dwangka-boort (deaf), ngaarn-boort (unable to eat) and bwoka-broo (without a coat), and for verbs such as djinang-boort (don’t look)
- building on the use of the conjunctions wer (and), and ka (or)
Continue to build a metalanguage in Noongar to talk about language using terms similar to those used in English, such as noun, pronoun, suffix/affix, verb, tense, adjective
Generate language for a range of purposes in simple spoken and written texts, expanding context-related vocabulary and applying elements of the Noongar grammatical system, including:
- noticing and using singular and plural nouns in such contexts as
- healthy lifestyles
- NAIDOC and the local community
- the night sky and stars
- the moon and tidal effects
- mapping local, country and regional areas
- the sea as a source of food and sea food chains
- extending the use of common singular, plural, demonstrative and possessive pronouns
- identifying and using interrogative pronouns naadjil, nginda, ngalan (why, when, how many)
- extending the use of commonly used adjectives of size, shape, colour, quality or state
- using adjectives such as djool and balyan to illustrate opposites
- building on the use of adverbs of direction and time, including yira/ngarda (up/down), bwora/bandak (inside/outside), koorboorli/koodjakat (behind/in front of), kalyakoorl/yoowardjil (always/never), moolyak/yoodok (first/last)
- extending the use and understanding of the imperative and common verb tenses, including the habitual, future, present and past tenses
- building on the use of the modal verb ‘will’, as in Nadjool djakoorl miya-k. Nyoondool waap djenborl?
- extending the use of common suffixes/affixes to identify and understand those for location, place, direction to or from, with and possession, including -kadak
- noticing and understanding the use of the nominal suffix/affix for habitat/environment, such as bilya-koop (river habitat) and maambakoort-koop (sea environment); for example, Kwilena, maamoong baalap maambakoort-koop nyin.
- developing an understanding of the use of the nominal suffix/affix for like/similar to, -mokiny; for example, in biyabeda-mokiny, wiring-mokiny (squid-like, line-like)
- developing an understanding of the use of the suffix/affix for negative, no or without, such as dwangka-boort (deaf), ngaarn-boort (unable to eat) and bwoka-broo (without a coat), and for verbs such as djinang-boort (don’t look)
- building on the use of the conjunctions wer (and), and ka (or)
Continue to build a metalanguage in Noongar to talk about language using terms similar to those used in English, such as noun, pronoun, suffix/affix, verb, tense, adjective