By the end you can say what is happening right now, and how it is being done.
4 new words · about 8 minutes
Bewa bewashamani! Singing, excellently! — Chána is with you for Module 5.
Then the action happens — in three flavors of present. Simple: -ai (béwai — singing). Along the way: -bainkin — built on bai, path — the action moves forward as it happens (soa soabainkin — clearing along the way). And excellently: -shamani — doing it in the finest way, right now (bewa bewashamani). Notice the doubling: repeating the root is rhythm and thoroughness at once.
Three presents
-aisimply happeningbéwai — singing
-bainkinmoving forward as it happenssoa soabainkin
-shamaniin the finest way, right nowbewa bewashamani
Culture note. The heavy work lives here — the doing suffixes repeat and repeat, like the motion they describe.
✓ sourced recorded class 3 01:14–01:15 · nothing invented
The words
Read each one. The next screen hides the meaning so you can test yourself.
-aisimple present
-bainkinalong the way (bai = path)
-shamaniexcellently, in the present
baipath
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Say it before you flip. Be honest — "again" brings it back.
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In a sentence
Try translating each line yourself before you tap.
Bewa bewashamani.
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Singing, singing excellently.
Soa soabainkin.
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Clearing, clearing along the way.
Make makebainkin.
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Perfecting, perfecting along the way.
Try it. Take béwati (to sing) through all three: béwai → bewa bewabainkin → bewa bewashamani.
Check yourself
-bainkin is built on the word for…
'Singing excellently right now' is…
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Lesson complete
Chána approves — Jakonshaman!
You can now say what is happening right now, and how it is being done.
Bewa bewashamani! Singing, excellently! — Chána is with you for Module 5.