Mapudungun language/Lesson 1: Mari mari

Note

This lesson uses Mapudungun's Unified Alphabet.

Dialog

(On a street intersection, Rayén and Antonio are talking.)

• Rayen: Mari mari lamngen!
  
• Antonio: Mari mari lamngen!. Kümelkaleymi?.
  
• Rayen: May, kümelkalen. Eymi kay?
  
• Antonio: Iñche ka kümelkalen. Iñche ñi üy ta Antonio. Iney pingeymi am?
  
• Rayen: Iñche ta Rayen pingen. Ngillamean waria mew.
  
• Antonio: Amuayu may.
  
• Rayen: Feley may.
  

Translation

• Rayen: Good morning brother!
  
• Antonio: Good morning sister!. How are you?.
  
• Rayen: I'm fine. And you?
  
• Antonio: I'm fine too. My name is Antonio, what's your name?
  
• Rayen: My name is Rayén, I'm going to the town to go shopping.
  
• Antonio: Let's go together then.
  
• Rayen: All right.
  

Vocabulary

• Mari mari lamngen: Manner to salute between women or men with the same age.
  

  mari mari: Common way to salute on every time in the day.
  

  lamngen: Used as a friendly way to say "brother" or "sister".
  

• Kümelkaleymi? (synonym: kümelekaymi): How are you? (Lit.: Are you OK now?)
  
• May: Yes
  
• Kümelkalen: I'm OK.
  
• Eymi kay: And you?
  

  eymi: You.
  

  kay: Interrogative form to ask about something already said.
  

• Iñche: I.
  
• Ka: also, and.
  
• Iñche ñi üy ta...: My name is...
  

  iñche ñi: Me

  ñi: Me, their
  

  üy: Name.
  

  ta: Word to emphasize the meaning of a sentence.
  

• Iney pingeymi am?: What's your name?
  

  iney (syn. iñey): Who?
  

  pingeymi: You're named (Lit.: you're called, it is said [to you])
  

  am: Interrogative word. It is added at the end of the question to indicate there's interest in the question.
  

Alternative forms

• Chumleymi?: How are you?
  
• Kümelen: I'm fine.
  
• Wedalen: I'm ill.
  
• Kütrankülen: I'm sick.
  
• Felen felen: So so.