Manksi/Lesson 1

Vocabulary
Amasa - hello

Alavida - goodbye

annjae - me

annjaeni - my

aapma - you

aapmani - your

naan - name

haiya - is

tumu - what

Introduction
Manksi is very similar to English, and the grammar is relatively easy.

Conversation
Amasa!

Amasa!

Aapmani naan haiya tumu?

Annjaeni naan haiya John!

Annjaeni naan haiya Micheal.

Alavida!

Question particle
If you are familiar with chinese, tumu is exactly like the word 什么, for those who are not familiar, let’s put an answer. “Your name is ___”, now, to ask “What is your name”, you would say “Your name is what”, which basically says, “Annjaeni naan haiya tumu?”.