2.7 Tell Us More About Yourself

1. Writing and Speaking

Write something about the following people using the information provided in Table 1 below.

Example 1:

Francesco mook bpii bprɔɔ-dteh ii-dtaa-lii. Koat jia jon-jiat ii-dtaa-lii. Koat jia kruu-bpeet. Koat tvəə-kaa nouw maa-lee-sii.

Francesco is from Italy. He is Italian. He is a doctor. He works in Malaysia.

Table 1
No. Chmuah

(Name)

 Jon-jiat[1]

(Nationality)

 Bprɔɔ-dteh

(Country)

 Kaa-ngia

(Occupation)

 Kɔn-laeng

tvəə–kaa

(Workplace)
1 Francesco ii-dtaa-lii ii-dtaa-lii kruu-bpeet maa-lee-sii
2 Jasmine in-dia in-dia kruu-bɔng-rian thai
3 Andrew bpree-sil bpree-sil ni-sət aa-mee-rik
4 John ɔng-lee ɔng-lee kruu-bpeet kam-bpu-jia

Then record yourself answering the following questions and share it with your friends/teacher for further feedback.

  • Neak chmuah ey?
  • Neak jia jon-jiat ey?
  • Neak mook bpii bprɔɔ-dteh naa?
  • Naek tvəə-kaa ey?
  • Neak tvəə-kaa nouw[2] naa?
  1. The word Jon-jiat "Nationality" is placed in front of the country and it is often omitted in spoken language. For example: jon-jiat kaa-naa-daa "Canadian". ↵
  2. Nouw “at” is placed before Naa when asking about the location. For example: saa-laa neak nouw naa? "Where is your school?" ↵

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