Lesson One - Part One
Basic Greetings and Phrases
You should begin by your lessons memorizing
the following words and expressions. This will teach you basic
conversational greetings, and also include useful words for saying that you do or don't understand something, etc. Wherever you see the symbol 
throughout this website, you can click on it to hear the word pronounced by a native Arapaho speaker.
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tous |
hello (m-f, f-f)1 |
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héébe |
hello (m-m)2 |
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kooníini'íini |
how are things? |
| koonéeni'íini | (same as above) |
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níini'íini |
things are good |
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tóotousíini |
what's happening? |
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hoowúuni |
nothing much |
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hotousíhi' |
what's your name? |
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XXX, néé'eesíh'inoo |
XXX, that's my name |
| hiitousínihíitoon XXX |
how do you say XXX? |
| XXX, né'niisínihíitóóni' | that's how you say XXX |
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neihoowóé'in |
I don't know/understand |
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hee'ínowoo |
I know/understand |
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ce'ínihii |
repeat it! |
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hohóú |
thank you |
Basic Classroom Language
These phrases are great for using in classrooms. Memorize them and practice them with other students!
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hítenoo howo3onohóe |
get your paper/get your book! |
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hitenínee howo3onóhoé |
get your pen/pencil! |
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cihcíitei |
come in! |
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ceenóku |
sit down! |
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kóónenoo howo3onohóe |
open your book! |
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cihnéi'óóhowú |
look at me! |
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cihcéh'e3ihí |
listen to me! |
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koonéetcííni'nó'oe? |
can I go outside/leave the room? |
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néyei3ítii |
try it |
1. In Arapaho, speakers always pay special attention to whether the second speaker is male or female. So women say tous (meaning "hello") when speaking to anyone, but men say that only to women.
2. Only men speaking to other men can say héébe.
2. Only men speaking to other men can say héébe.