Mapudungun/Raguileo/Lessons/NumbersExercises1
Number exercises
[edit | edit source]Sero
[edit | edit source]Zero is conveniently sero in mapuzugun. It takes almost sero effort to learn.
From "kiñe" to "kecu"
[edit | edit source]"Kiñe, epu, kvla, meli" in colours
[edit | edit source]Visualize the picture below in your head, four numbers in a kind of a circle.
- The big yellow one to the left. The word meli reminds abit of a yellow mellon.
- Epu to the right, blue like water.
- How do you remember the green and the red?
| 1 | - kiñe |
| 2 | - epu |
| 3 | - kvla |
| 4 | - meli |
| 5 | - kecu |
Kecu - memory exercise
[edit | edit source]The first three letters in kecu sounds like the first part of the word ketchup . 
Crossword
[edit | edit source]| 1 | - kiñe |
| 2 | - epu |
| 3 | - kvla |
| 4 | - meli |
| 5 | - kecu |
Try to fit the names of the numbers in the crossword.
Alka - reading about roosters
[edit | edit source]One rooster and one man.
Kiñe alka ka kiñe wenxu.
Translate
| ka | - and |
| caw | - father |
| fotvm | - son |
Meli alka ka kiñe wenxu
Kecu caw ka kiñe fotvm
Epu caw ka kvla alka