Class #6

Ninibafugu - family

hama ninibafugu niwiwanda - i live with my family

uguchili - father

úguchuru - mother

isani - son

isani wuri - daughter

agütü - grandmother

áruguti - grandfather

iyawuritei - uncle

oufuri - aunt

Yurumei (St. Vincent island )

garifuna music

click on this link and choose the song that says "yurumey"

class #5

N - me,i

B - you,yours

Wa - us,we

L - him,his

T - her, hers

Example:

Uhabu - hand

Nuhabu - my hand

Buhabu - your hand

Wahabu - our hand

Luhabu - his hand

Tuhabu - her hand

Numbers in Garifuna

1 - aban

2 - biama

3 - Ürüwa

4 - Gádürü

5 - Seingü

6 - Sisi

7 - Sedü

8 - Widü

9 - Nefu

10 - disi 
11 - unsu

12 - dusu

13 - tareisi

14 - katorusu

15 - keinsi

16 - disi sisi

17 - disi sedu

18 - disi widu

19 - disi nefu

20 - wein

30 - darandi

40 - biama wein

50 - dimi san

60 - Ürüwa wein

70 - Ürüwa wein disi

80 - Gádürü wein

90 - Gádürü wein disi

100 - san

1000 - milu

1,000,000 - miyunu

Class #4

commands:

Waliha - read

Dunbei - touch

Darabei - open

Doubei - close

Higibei - move

Hagei - where

class #3

Lumegegun úgubu

Igibu - face

Idiburi - hair

Arigei - ears

Isegusei - eyebrows

Agu - eyes

Igiri - nose

Iumaü - mouth

Erebei - forehead

Ubuyaba - cheek

Lila agu - pupil

Liu agu - eyelashes

Lidau agu - eye lids

Ichügü - head

 Arünaü - arm

Urunaü - legs

 Ugudi - feet

Ibiri - waist


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Bidiburi - your hair

Bagu - your eyes

Bigiri - your nose

Liu bagu - your eyelashes

Bibuyubu - your cheeks

Lila bagu - your pupil

Bisegusei - your eyebrows

Biumaü - your mouth

class #2

Seingü adagaguni - the five senses

Asandari - feel

Aganba - hear

Ariha - see

Irimicha - smell

Ouchahagülei - taste



Example:

Sandibei nuhabu - feel my hands

Anganba bana - listen to me

Arihabei nuhabu - look at my hands

Arihabei buhabu - look at your hands

Buiti nigeme - i smell good

Ouchabei fein tau - taste this bread 

My Organization

Garinagu Houngua

Class # 1

Buiti Raboun Weyu - Good Afternoon

 idabíña? - how are you?

magadietina - i am good

ka biri? - whats your name

ka tiribei? - whats her name

ka liribei? - whats his name

ka hiribei? - whats that persons name

________ niribei - my name is______

Garifuna History (my understanding/ brief)

yellow = liberty
white= peace
black= black race

Garifuna History 

They came from Africa, they arrived in slave boats that shipwreck in the Caribbean in the 1600's. They made there home on the island of St. Vincent where they mixed with the native people and became the Garifuna. St. Vincent was a battle ground in the 17th and 18th centuries . The natives, British, French, and Dutch all had claims on the island. In 1763 the Europeans signed a treaty that gave St. Vincent to the British empire but didn't guarantee control over the island. British forces battled the Garifuna for decades until 1797 when the Garifuna finally surrendered. The British then exiled the Garifuna people to the island of Roatan, Honduras. It wasn't long before Unsustainable conditions there forced the outcast to relocated. The coast of Honduras, Belize, Nicaragua, and Guatemala became the new home for the people. 

( Ben Petersen) 
A Story About the Garifuna Documentary