Nonón
Jaweki min akai?What are you doing? — Nonón is with you for Module 4.
Shipibo Foundations · Module 4: Verbs and Real Conversation · Lesson 3 of 6

Everyday doing

Verbs whose action stays with you (intransitive) pair with the -ra pronouns: Éara óxai — I sleep. Your starter set: oxati to sleep, tantiti to rest, teeti to work, bewati to sing, axeti to learn. Note the pattern: the dictionary form ends in -ti, the present swaps it for -ai.

Culture note. Axeti, to learn, literally means 'to acquire a custom' — related to axé, tradition. Learning is embodied: you've learned something when it lives in you like brushing your teeth. One more gift in this set: óxe is the moon, and oxati is to sleep — sleep is what you do when the moon is out.
✓ sourced Module 1-2 deck slides 9, 12–15 · nothing invented

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.

Éara óxai.
tap to translate
I sleep.
Jára tantiai.
tap to translate
She rests.
Jatora bewai.
tap to translate
They sing.
Eara Shipibo Joi axeai!
tap to translate
I am learning the Shipibo language!
Try it. That last example is yours now. Say it like you mean it.

Build the sentence

Tap the words into order.

Say:

Now you write it

Accents optional while you learn — jakon = jakón.

Check yourself

'to sing' is…
'I am learning Shipibo' is…
axeti literally means…
Nonón
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Lesson complete

Nonón approves — Jakonshaman!

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