This short video explains why Total Physical Response (TPR) will be used as the method to begin building language comprehension.
How to get the most out of Total Physical Response (TPR)
TPR methodology recommends that learners engage in content many times at multiple times in the day (morning, afternoon, evening) to help build solid comprehension. Watch videos multiple times (day/weeks) even after you feel comfortable with them to store them in your long term memory.
New words introduced in this video.
Atūhpwan -Table
Atūtapyakan - Chair
Enōhah - Point
Pāēhsenah - Touch
Kuahnaenon - Jump
Apēnon - Sit down
Nīpiqtah - Stand up
Kēwāēqtah - Turn around
Pemōhnaenon - Walk
Nakāqtah - Stop
New words introduced in this video.
Onākan - Plate
Kuapenakāēsaeh - Cup
Aqsekan - Knife
Āēmeskuahsaeh - Spoon
Pacēskahekan - Fork
Aqsekaenah - Pick it up
Aqtoh - Put it down
Anāmiah - Under
Wahkēc - Above
New words introduced in this video.
Eskuahtem - Door
Wāqsāēhcekan - Window
Metāēhtan - Couch
Pāhkenah - Open it
Kepākwahah - Close it
New words introduced in this video.
Cēqnapāhtah - Look at it
Akuacēh - Outside
Mīhekan - Road
Nepēhsaeh - Lake
Saehtākan - Pine needles
Pekēhsaeh - Pine cone
Anīpiakan - Leaf
New words introduced in this video.
Wāēpenah - Throw it
Maeqtek - Tree
Pāēhsenen - Touch him/her/animate object
Enōhen - Point at him/her/animate subject
Watōw - Ball
Wāēpenen - Throw him/her/animate subject
Cēqnapōmen - Look at him/her/animate
New words introduced in this video.
Asāqcekanāhtek - Pencil
Apīsīw - It is black
Maehkīw - It is red
Apāēhniw - It is blue
Askīpakiw - It is green
Asāqcekaew-napākaehnakat - Writing board
Wātanikaen - Circle
Āyiqsawāēken - Square
Meyāwekaen - Straight
Wākakaen - Bent/curved
Newīhswan - My name
Kewīhswan - Your name
New words introduced in this video.
Eneq’s kew wēkeyan - Where I/you live
Māēc - Big
Nahāēnet - Small
Cēk - Close
Wāqnaw - Far
Pīhtik - Inside
New words introduced in this video.
Atāēhsekan - Color
Atāēhsekanan - Colors
Akēhcekan - Number
Akēhcekanan - Numbers
Akēhtah - Count it
Kayāēnet - Different
Kan kāēhkōh - Zero/nothing
Nekot - One
Nīs - Two
Nāēqnīw - Three
Nīw - Four
Nianan - Five
Nekūtuasetah - Six
Nōhekan - Seven
Suasek - Eight
Sākāēw - Nine
Metātah - Ten
Wāēqsēh atāēhsekan ayāwek eneh akēhcekan _______?
What color is that number ________?
New words introduced in this video.
Anōm - Those (inanimate)
Asāqcekanāhtekan - Pencils
Āwew - It is
Wāēqsēh atāēhsekan ayāwek eyom? What sort of color is this?
Wēskewat! - It is good
Nepēhsaeh - Lake
Espāhkiw - Hill
New words introduced in this video.
Nēs - My head
Naehpān - My chest
Nēnaeqnan - My hair
Naehtāwak - My ear
Naehtāwakan - My ears
Māēc-nenāēh - My arm
Māēc-nenāēhkan - My arms
Naehkāt - My leg
Naehkātan - My legs
Naehskēsek - My eye
Naehskēsekan - My eyes
Necias - My nose
Netōn - My mouth
Nenāēh - My hand
Nenāēhkan - My hands
Nesēt - My foot
Nesētan - My feet
Nemōt - My stomach
1st, 2nd, 3rd person and past, present and future tenses
Animate Intransitive (AI Verbs)
Transitive Inanimate (TI Verbs)
Transitive Animate (TA Verbs)
Intransitive Inanimate (II Verbs)
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