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The First

Learning Unit

For Whoever

Wants to Read and Write

`Nnui'suti

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FIRST LEARNING UNIT

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The First Learning Unit

For the Self Taught Student

(Listuguj Letters)

`Gjiga'qaquj aq witapa ewi'gmi'tip 1996eg.

2014eg ilugwitas`g`p.

`Nnue'gati ©

Gisiululgwen ta’n eimn.

Kisi-hpwəli-kiseht.

Là où tu es semé, tu dois fleurir.

Grow where you are planted.

We want to help you to read and write `Nnui'suti.

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Table of contents for this unit

Page

First Unit 3

Table of contents for this unit 5

Hello! I am the teacher 6

I want to tell you 7

The letter N 8

The letter P 10

The letter S 12

How you say the letter P 14

The letter I 16

The letter U 18

Again let’s study 20

Let’s read 22

Write the letter 24

Can you read what is written 25

Again let’s read 26

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Hello!

I am the teacher.

Each time you see me,

I will teach you something new.

Welcome! Sit down!

In this unit you will recognize five letters.

I want you to know N, P, S, I and U.

I (the teacher)

N

P

S

I

U

You

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I want to tell you:

1. how you will say five letters.

2. how you will hear the same letters in syllables,

3. how you will name the same letters and

4. how you will write the same letters.

Let’s meet the letters N, P, S, I and U!

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The letter N N

Gi’l

1

2 nipi

3 n

4 ni·pi

5 nipi

6 ni·pi

7 n

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Read what is written below and you will know what you should say or

what you should do.

Each number is sitting near an arrow, on page eight.

Look where each arrow is pointing.

1. The first arrow is pointing at a picture. This picture is a leaf. Say

nipi!

2. The second arrow is pointing at a word. This is the word nipi. Read

this word!

3. The third arrow is pointing at a letter. It is named like the first

syllable which is in the word my daughter [`n·tus]. `N it is the first

syllable in the word `ntus. Say N!

4. The fourth arrow is pointing at syllables. How do you hear the first

one when you hear the word nipi?

5. The fifth one is pointing at a word. Can you read this word?

6. The sixth one is pointing at syllables. How do you hear the first one

when you hear the word nipi?

7. The seventh one is pointing at a letter. What is the name of this

letter?

The First Nation People write the letter N when they hear the first

letter in the word nipi.

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The letter P P

N

Gi’l

1

2 pugsugl

3 p

4 pug·su·gl

5 pugsugl

6 pug·su·gl

7 p

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what you should do.

Each number is sitting near an arrow, on page ten.

Look where each arrow it pointing.

1. The first arrow is pointing at a picture. This picture is firewood. Say

pugsugl!

2. The second one is pointing at a word. This it is the word pugsugl.

Read this word!

3. The third one is pointing at a letter. This it is the letter P. It is

named like you say the syllable, p`, when it is located in the word tea,

[p`tewe]. Say P!

4. The fourth one is pointing at syllables. How do you hear the first

one when you hear the word pugsugl?



when you hear the word pugsugl?

7. The seventh one is pointing at a letter. What is this letter named?

The First Nation People write the letter P when they hear the first

letter in the word pugsugl.

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The letter S

S

P

N

Gi’l

1

2 sisip

3 s

4 si·sip

5 sisip

6 si·sip

7 s

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what you should do.

Each number is sitting near an arrow on page twelve.

Look at where each arrow is pointing.

1. The first arrow is pointing at a picture. This it is a picture of a water

bird. Say sisip!

2. The second one is pointing at a word. This it is the word sisip.

Read this word!

3. The third one is pointing at a letter. This it is the letter S. It is

named like thus you say the syllable s` when it is in the word maple

tree, [s`nawei]. Say S!

4. The fourth one is pointing at syllables. How do you hear the first

one when you hear the word sisip?



when you hear the word sisip?

7. The seventh one is pointing at a letter. What is this letter named?

The First Nation People write the letter S when they hear the first

letter in the word sisip.

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How you say the letter P

pugsugl

__ugsugl

nipi

ni__i

sisip

sisi__

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Read what is written below and you will know what you should say

and what you should do.

Read the words written on page fourteen!

The first letter in the word pugsugl, you do not say like you say the

letter P in the word sisip.

The last letter in the word sisip, you do not say like you say the letter

P in the word nipi.

Where sits the letter P in a word, controls how it is said.

You say each letter P differently when you say the words written

below, but you write them the same. Read those words and you will

know it is true. Where the letter P sits, controls how you say it.

sisip - a water bird

sisipal - a water bird that is being acted upon

sisipg - water birds

sisipaq - a water bird that is not visible

The letter P you say differently when it is sitting in different positions

in First Nation words but the same you write it.

The same letter you use for to write each letter when it is missing on

the fourteenth page.

Now read each word and write each letter where it is missing!

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Na gnugwatign I

I

S

P

N

Gi’l

1

2 iga'tu

3 i

4 i·ga'·tu

5 iga'tu

6 i·ga'·tu

7 i

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what you should do.

Each number is sitting close to an arrow it is on page sixteen.


1. The first arrow is pointing at a picture. It is I and I put the book on

the table. Say iga'tu!

2. The second one is pointing at a word. This is the word iga'tu, (I put

it.) Read this word!

3. The third one is pointing at a letter. The letter is named like it is

said. It is called like the first letter in the word, iga'tu. Say I!

4. The fourth one is pointing at syllables. The first one it is a letter.

How do you hear this letter when you hear the word iga'tu?


6. The sixth one is pointing at syllables. The first one it is a letter.

How do you hear this letter when you hear the word iga'tu?

7. The seventh one is pointing toward a letter. Remember this letter is

named the same as it is said. What is named this letter?

The First Nation People write the letter I when they hear the first letter

how it sits in the word iga'tu.

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The letter U

I

S

P

N

Gi’l

1

2 ula

3 u

4 u·la

5 ula

6 u·la

7 u

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what you should do.

Each number is pointing to an arrow on page eighteen.


1. The first arrow is pointing at a picture. Someone shows you what is

in his hand and he says, 'This.' Say ula!

2. The second one is pointing at the word ula. Read the word!

3. The third one is pointing at a letter. It is named like it is said. It is

named like you say the first letter in the word ula. Say U!

4. The fourth one is pointing at syllables. The first one it is a letter.

How do you hear this letter when you hear the word ula?


6. The sixth one is pointing at syllables. The first one it is a letter.

How do you hear this letter when you hear the word ula?

7. The seventh one is pointing at a letter. Remember this letter is

named like it is said. How is this letter named?

The people of Gespe’g and Fog Land write the letter U when they

hear the first letter in the word ula. The Elders write the letter O.

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Again let’s study!

Gnugwatigng = Mawiapje'jgl teluemgl = Glusuaqann

1 n ni·pi nipi

__ __ __ _____

2 p pug·su·gl pugsugl

__ __g___gl ___g ___ gl

3 s si·sip sisip

__ __ ___ ______

4 i i·ga'·tu iga'tu

__ __ga't__ __ga'tu

5 u u·la ula

__ __la __la

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Again let's study.

Look at page twenty!

Letters

How is the first letter named where it sits under the word

Gnugwatigng?

How is the second letter named?

How is the third letter named?

How is the fourth letter named?

How is the fifth letter named?

Under each letter write the same letter.

Syllables

How do you hear the first syllable when it is located in the word nipi?

How do you hear the second syllable when it is located in the word

nipi?


pugsugl?


sisip?

How do you hear the first syllable when it is located in the word sisip?

How do you hear the first syllable when it is located in the word

iga’tu?

How do you hear the first syllable when it is located in the word ula?

Under each syllable write the same thing!

Words

Can you read the words written under the word Glusuaqann?

Under each word the same word is located.

Write each letter where it is missing from those words.

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Let’s read!

1 Na.

2 Ula na sisip.

3 Ula na pugsugl.

4 Ula na nipi.

5 Ula na sipu.

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Look at the twenty second page.

Can you read the first word?

You say it like you say the first syllable where it is located in the two

words written below:

stop - naqa'si

picture - napui'gign.

Can you read the words where they are written with number 2?

Read the words where they are written with number 3?

Read the words where they are written with number 4?

Can you read the words where they are written with the number 5?

The last one is a new word. Can you read it?

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Write the letters where they are not located in the words!

_ _g_ _gl

_ _ _ _p

_ _p_

_ _p_

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Can you read what is written here?

ni'n iga'tu

Pugsug iga'tu ula tett.

_______

gi'l iga'tun

Pugsug iga'tun ula tett.

_______

negm iga'toq

Pugsug iga'toq ula tett.

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Again let’s read words!

Mawiapje'jgl teluemgl = Glusuaqann

1. i·ga'·tu = iga'tu

2. i·ga'·tun = iga'tun

3. ni·pi = nipi

4. pug·sug = pugsug

5. pug·su·g`l = pugsugl

6. si·sip = sisip

7. si·pu = sipu

8. u·la = ula

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