LC20.1
Demonstrate, when interpreting oral and written texts, knowledge of Dakota language concepts including context-specific vocabulary, sentence structure and linguistic conventions.
Indicators for this outcome
(a) Practise reading combinations of multiple sentences written with the Dakota alphabet.
(b) Investigate plural nouns and verbs in the context of the land (e.g., people are paddling and animals are running).
(c) Comprehend present-tense verbs in first, second and third person plural (e.g., dancing, hunting and gathering).
(d) Describe how prefixes and suffixes change the meaning of a word.
(e) Discuss when articles are used to speak or write about common nouns (e.g., drum, “wac̀ipi” pow wow and tobacco).
(f) Explore the use of adjectives and adverbs when interpreting descriptions of the land.
(g) Identify interrogative form in Dakota (i.e., the use of “he”).
(h)

Explain how to identify if a male or female has written or spoken, such as:

  • females say “pi” in imperative form and males say “po”;
  • females indicate they found something humorous by saying “ḣoc̀a”; and,
  • females conclude sentences with “ye” and males say “do”.
(i) Interpret, with some guidance, the inverted phrase structure of the Dakota language when listening to and reading multi-sentence texts.
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