Some of you know that before I left for My Countryf I had learned \u201cclicks,\u201d which are used like letters in some languages. In Jula clicks aren\u2019t letters. They are used as sound effects, like in English. Earlier this week I learned some of them:<\/p>\n
– The \u201ckissing\u201d sound is used to call your dog.<\/p>\n
– The \u201cknock knock\u201d sound is used to call your dog when there is food for him to eat.<\/p>\n
– A sound that can be made by sucking air in through your clenched teeth (though I\u2019m not positive that\u2019s how they make it) means \u201cno\u201d if done two short times.<\/p>\n
– The same sound as above expresses displeasure if done one long time.<\/p>\n
– Think of the \u201ctsk tsk\u201d sound. If you do it once, it means \u201cyes.\u201d I\u2019m not quite sure how they make it, since their mouth is closed when they do it, but when I do that it sounds about right.<\/p>\n
– The \u201cgiddy up\u201d sound means \u201cdon\u2019t do that.\u201d<\/p>\n
– No wonder I\u2019d sometimes ask people a question and have no idea what their answer was!<\/p>\n
Also, while I\u2019m at it, here\u2019s \u201cyes\u201d and \u201cno\u201d in Jula:<\/p>\n
– \u201cYes\u201d \u2013 owo. It is pronounced like ooo, with the intonation like you\u2019d have in the phrase, \u201cWhat was that?!?\u201d Try saying \u201cWhat was that?!?\u201d with only an \u201co\u201d sound and you\u2019ll have it about right.<\/p>\n
– \u201cNo\u201d \u2013 en-en (though I actually don\u2019t know how to spell it officially). It\u2019s pronounced like \u201cuh-oh,\u201d but it\u2019s \u201cen-en\u201d instead. You don\u2019t pronounce the \u201cn\u201ds, though \u2013 they just make the \u201ce\u201ds nasal. If I said it you\u2019d easily be able to repeat it, but it\u2019s harder to explain from a different continent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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