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"Grandma's words." Phrases Ralph remembers often being told as a child.

Nümü English Wycliffe Notes
take shoes off takwaeda
put shoes on tanega
mokoya put shoes on mokoya
put shirt on kwasuya
kusaya put pants on koosaya
get dressed namazooa
get dressed namahanne
get undressed nagoometa
take off clothes (or hat) tsakooma
go to sleep (sg.) uweka
go to sleep (pl.) utuaka
be quiet ki unnepana
don't touch ki mamapana
don't do that ki momannepana
stop it mano
give me that, give it here e gea
bring it here a wuke
turn it off a tsatumeku
don't talk ki yadooapana
don't play with that ki mano tubemooapana