EP: Where are you going? Part 1
Channel: Comanche Nation Language Department
Date: 02/10/2020

Marʉaweka--Today's lesson: asking and answering a question about where you're going. We'll share another answer to this question on Monday, so stay tuned!
Here we have the late Betty Cable Pete and the late Dr. Reaves Nahwooks asking and answering a question two times. This is from a video of conversational phrases the Comanche Language and Cultural Preservation Committee produced. We thank them for all of their hard work over the years to get us on this road.
Mrs. Pete asks: Hakapu ʉnʉ miayu?
Dr. Nahwooks answers: Nahaku̠.
Hakapu ʉnʉ miayu? (Where are you going?)
haka- (where-question word)
-pu (to/to the direction of-postposition)
ʉnʉ (you-subject pronoun)
mia- (go (away from the speaker)-verb stem)
-yu (progressive verb ending -- think "-ing")
Nahaku̠. (Somewhere)
Na- (just)
haka (where-adverb)
Notice the u in nahaku is whispered both times by Mr. Nahwooks. You might hear a speaker not whisper it too. It is also possible a speaker might say "Nahakʉ̠" as well.
Listen carefully to the speakers and then...
Listen, repeat, and practice! #LRP
And remember the only way to do language wrong is to not do it at all!