neyeitii hinono'eitiit !

Learn some common Arapaho Words

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The following lessons are graded in difficulty, with the easiest ones listed first. The later lessons assume you've already done the earlier ones.

Begin Basic Nouns Basic Verbs (II Verbs) Questions and Negatives (II Verbs) Possession Verbs with Animate Subjects (AI Verbs) Animate Questions and Negatives (AI Verbs) Commands Auxiliary Verbs Conversation Special Male and Female Forms 100-word Basic Arapaho Vocabulary Proximate and Obviative in Arapaho Read some short, simplified stories Understanding Traditional Stories (with old-style story-telling grammar) Read a traditional story, with detailed breakdown of the language (project done by Erik Ogle, University of Colorado) Read a short, simplified conversation