Basic Koro Vocabulary: Verbs, Questions, and Prepositions

Mukato

Last/Past

i Agiki

Finally, at last, in the end

Abedo ki

I had (verbed)

Ibedo ki

You had (verbed)

Ebedo ki

They had (verbed)

Abedo ka

I was (verbing)

Ibedo ka

You were (verbing)

Ebedo ka

They were (verbing)

Itye ki

You have

Atye ki

I have

Etye ki

They have

Itye ka

You are

Ayte ka

I am

Etye ka

They are

Atiyo ki

I use

Itiyo ki

You use

Etiyo ki

they use

Macok

soon

pud

still

manyen

new

Ngo?

What?

Ngo ma?

(That is) what?

Kwene?

Where?

Ka ma?

(That is) where?

Awene?

When?

Kare ma?

(That is) when?

Pingo

Why?

Ningo?

How?

Kit ma?

(That is) how?

Pe

negation

Tidi

Small/Tiny

Dit

Large/Big

Dwong

Many/A lot

Nok

Few/A little

Mapat

Different

Pe atir/Pe kakare

Wrong

Kakare

Correct

Marom

Same

Ter

under

wii

on top

anyim

in front

nger

beside

ii

inside

nge

behind

mapud pe

before

inge

after

me

of/for

pi

For (reason)

pire

for it

pira

for me

piri

for you

bot

with (animated nouns)

ki

with (inanimate nouns)

I

to (inanimate nouns)

lit

to (human)

Apwoyo (Ah-pwoy-oh)/Grazzi

Thank you

Itye nining? (Et-tyeh-nee-ning?)/Comu stai?

How are you?

Apwoyo bino (Ah-pwoy-oh-bee-no)/Benvenutu

Welcome

Ber bedo (bear bay-do)/Bon jornu

Have a good day

Oding dong (oh-deeng-dong)/Bona notti

Good night

Wilobo maber (Wee-loh-boh-mah-bear)/Bona matina

Good morning

An gin (Ahn geen)/Sugnu

I am

Dong cwinya (dong chween-yah)/Pi favuri

Please