Yard school
Colours, body, animals, and games.
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Ogu is Gùngbè (ISO guw). The voice is a song: high ´, mid, low `. Same letters, new word — tɔ́ is father, tɔ̀ is the lagoon. Two writings: Benin primers use ɛ ɔ; Gbagli books often use ẹ ọ. Same mouth.
Hùn vǐ — tones for children
Gùngbè is a song in the mouth. Stand for high ´. Sit for low `. Clap the two-beat words. Same letters can be a new word — tɔ́ is father, tɔ̀ is the lagoon Gbagli sits on.
Stand up, sit down High ´ — stand. Low ` — sit. Mid — stay still. The body learns the voice. Clap two beats Every Gungbe word of two beats is one of four shapes: HH, HL, LH, LL. Clap once per beat. Same letters, new word The marks are not decoration. Change the voice, change the thing. The greeting song Mì kú tɔ. Then the voice that climbs — jǐ, vɔ̌vɔ̌.Amìamì — colours
Name what you see. Made for children — and anyone starting with the eyes.
Red, white, black Vɔ̌vɔ̌ is the ripe pepper. Wéwé is cloth at a naming. Green and the lagoon Leaves first. Then the water Gbagli sits on.Wú — my body
Aboh: wú = body; là wú = wash the body. Point, name, laugh.
Head and face Tà, nùkún, tó — tap as you say it. Hands and feet The parts you use at the table and in the yard.Kanlin — animals
The courtyard zoo, then the lagoon catch. Gbagli lives by whevi.
At the house Avún at the gate. Hwèví from the creek. What they do Run, eat, drink, sleep — verbs a child copies.Nǔnywɛ — feelings
A child can name happy, sad, tired, and hungry.
How I feel Point to the face. Say the word. Be kind Share, wait, say please.Kànkàn — six to ten
Gbe numerals shared with Fon: ayizɛn, tɛnwe, tantɔn, tɛnnɛ, wǒ.
Six to ten Say them in order. Clap on ten.Àvɔ̀ — clothes
Aboh: àwù = dress. Cloth of the house.
What I wear Name it, then put it on.Jǐ — weather
Sun, rain, wind — the lagoon tells you.
Look up Sun and rain first.