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Shipibo Foundations · Module 1: Beginnings · Lesson 3 of 6

Your name

To introduce yourself: Nokon jane riki… — literally 'my name is…'. Three little words that do a lot of work: nokon (my), jane (name), riki (is).

Culture note. There is a deeper layer: janekon — 'true name', built from jane + the suffix -kon, 'truth'. Many Shipibo people carry both a Spanish legal name and a Shipibo name.
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Learn the words

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Match the pairs

Tap a Shipibo word, then its meaning.

In a sentence

Try translating each line yourself before you tap.

Nokon jane riki Dakota.
tap to translate
My name is Dakota.
Try it. Introduce yourself aloud with your own name. Then greet + introduce: Jakón yantán. Nokon jane riki…

Build the sentence

Tap the words into order.

Say:

Now you write it

Accents optional while you learn — jakon = jakón.

Check yourself

'My name is…' is…
janekon means…
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Lesson complete

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