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Ciyawo Grammar DVD Sets: Streams 1 & 2



Ciyawo Grammar DVD setsThe Ciyawo Grammar Workshop DVD Sets: Streams 1 & 2, filmed in Lichinga, Mozambique in 2007, is now available for purchase at $5 per DVD (for foreign workers living in Yawo areas), or $30 for Stream 1 or Stream 2. Both Streams purchased together are $50 (or equiv in Kwacha or Metacais).

A new Ciyawo grammar workbook is currently in production from the instructors of this DVD course, Ian Dicks & Shawn Dollar. This DVD set will work best in conjunction with the book once it becomes available.

For more information, email babatim(at)gmail(dot)com.

STREAM 1 includes:

Disc 1

  • Introductory Information
  • Pronunciation
  • Sound Changes
  • Noun Classes, Part 1
  • Disc 2

  • Noun Classes, Part 2
  • Infinite Verbs, Personal Pronoun Markers & Present Continuous Tense (+)
  • Imperative Conjugation (+)
  • Near Future Conjugation (+)
  • Disc 3

  • Modified Stem
  • Near Past Tense (+)
  • Far Past Tense (+)
  • Present Continuous Tense (-)
  • Command Tense (-)
  • Disc 4

  • Near & Far Past Tense (-)
  • Personal Pronouns I
  • Personal Pronouns II
  • Near Future Tense (-)
  • Locatives I
  • Disc 5

  • Locatives I
  • Far Future Tense (+)
  • Verb: To Be
  • Far Future Tense (-)
  • Continuous & Habitual/Continuous Tense (+)
  • Disc 6

  • Habitual/Continuous Past & Imperative Tense (+); Continuous Near Future (+)
  • Adjectives
  • Possessives
  • Disc 7

  • Noun Classes (review)
  • Demonstratives I
  • Demonstratives II
  • Pronominal Adjectives
  • STREAM 2 includes:

    Disc 1

  • Introductory Information
  • Present Conditional Continuous Tense (+,+)
  • Applied Verb Endings
  • Disc 2

  • Causative Verb Endings
  • Conditional Past (+,+)
  • Disc 3

  • Infixes & Object Markers
  • Static & Neuter Verb Endings
  • Present Continuous Conditional (-,+)
  • Disc 4

  • Conditional Past Tense (-,+)
  • Passive Verb Endings
  • Conditional Past Tense (+,-)
  • Reflexive Verb Endings
  • Disc 5

  • Past Perfect Simple
  • Conditional Past (-,-)
  • Past Perfect Continuous (+)
  • Reciprocal Verb Ending
  • Disc 6

  • Present Continuous Conditional (+,-)
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