karrinahnan kunred

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English Translation (Kun-balandaken)	we are looking after country
Pronunciation (Bale ka-yime karri-ngeybun?)	Listen to the audio for pronunciation. Remember the 'h' in the spelling means a glottal stop (in the verb -nahnan). http://words.bininjgunwok.org.au/words/karrinahnan-kunred
Morphology (Karri-wokdjobdjobke)	karri- This is a prefix on verbs that means 'we all, inclusive of addressee' nahnan — this is the reduplicated form of the verb nan 'to see'. When it is doubled up (reduplicated) it means 'to look after something'. kun-red means 'home, hearth, place where people live, a camping site on a walking route'
Notes (Njalenjale)	These two words comprise a phrase or sentence. You could try substituting other nouns for kun-red to express care for other things: karri-nahnan wurdurd 'we care for the children' karri-nahnan dabborrabbolk 'we care for the elders' karri-nahnan mayh 'we look after the animals' karri-nahnarren 'we look after ourselves'
Usage (Bale kabirri-yime?)	Karri-nahnan kun-red kadberre wanjh kamak rowk. We look after our land/country and everything will be OK.
Date (Balekeno)	24 Sep 2015

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