Dakota 10, 20, 30
LC10.2
Demonstrate, when producing oral and written texts, knowledge of Dakota language concepts including basic context-specific vocabulary, word order and linguistic conventions.
Indicators for this outcome
| (a) | Practise the different sounds of the Dakota alphabet including guttural and exploded pronunciations of letters. Please refer to Appendix A for a complete list of sounds. |
| (b) | Write basic vocabulary (e.g., forest, water and air) and simple sentences with the Dakota alphabet. |
| (c) | Say and write the numbers from 0 to 100 in the context of the land (e.g., number of points on an antler, stars in a constellation and poles in a tipi). |
| (d) | Pronounce the number one appropriately when counting or when using it as a quantity (e.g., one book – waɳji; 1, 2, 3, – waɳc̀a). |
| (e) | Practise the different pronunciations of words that are spelled the same. |
| (f) | Use singular and plural versions of basic nouns in environments beyond the classroom (e.g., tree and trees). |
| (g) |
Apply the appropriate male and female ways of speaking, such as:
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| (h) | Conjugate present-tense verbs in first, second and third person singular (e.g., I am dancing, you are hunting and he or she is gathering). |
| (i) | Practise, with guidance, speaking and writing with the inverted phrase structure of the Dakota language. |
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