2/26/2011
Our Next Trip
Travel conditions will permit it. The rains have come early and we are as surprised as everyone else.
2/22/2011
A page from the Njyem literacy book
In this lesson, we are teaching the letter "u", which is pronounced as in English rather than in French. This means that the Njyem readers would find it slightly challenging and they have to read it differently than if it were in a French word.
2/16/2011
The Njyem Transition Primer
To see a PDF file of the Njyem transition primer, go to http://dl.dropbox.com/u/16109934/NjyManTrans.pdf. The lessons and key to the exercises are complete. I have also added an index to the topics taught in addition to the letters. In a few days we go back to the Njyem area and test it and teach people to write their language in the southern canton. We have not been there before, but some people there know us from having met us elsewhere. We will go with our camper this time and look for a place in the area where we can set up a permanent base.
2/14/2011
Gospel of John, ch. 6, in Njyem on the Internet
Etienne Amfangnsok and I have adapted John 9 into Njyem, from Nzime, and it is now available for reading at http://kulnjyem.blogspot.com/2011/02/levangile-selon-st-jean-ch-9-en-njyem.html. We hope to have audio files there someday, but we don't know when. The main job we have is still to get the transition primer roughed-in for his departure on Thursday.
2/13/2011
The Idioms of Njyem
There is an idiom in Njyem that means "unrelenting". It is based on the ant called "njyoomaa" that is known for being large, having large mandibles and never releasing its grip when it bites its enemy. The expression is lekwaa lebu'u le njyoomaa. Literally it means "to hurt anger of the ant 'njyoomaa' ". It means that the person with this anger is going to maintain his angry posture unrelentingly.
2/12/2011
The Njyem Alphabet
Go to http://www.youtube.com/user/mbeavon#p/a/u/0/dJpifGMqclk and you will find a narrated display of the Njyem alphabet!
2/10/2011
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