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Description: 

This audio covers singular words from Suzette Wagon, the words you will be speaking is to simulate a classroom setting, it is said in English, before being spoken in Shoshone. you are to repeat the words in Shoshone. You will hear the following topics: Clothes,  Accessories, Sewing items,  Colors, and Questions.

For example: "Shirt" / "gwah-soo", "What is this?" / "ee-sh-heen?", "safety pin" / "diz-zah-dim-goe-pah", etc

3:27 - Grammar Lesson Time: 

This will help you learn how ask Questions or when referring to the object close to the speaker (ex: what is this? to shoshone; ee-sh-heen?). if the person answering is away from the object, they would say "mah-s" plus the name of the object. its breaking down how you should pronounce them, while using different vocabulary words that was taught, this is for both when asking questions and when answering them.

7:05 - Exercise 2:

This section could be used as homework (for teachers) if you wanted to see how well your students are learning Shoshone. The speaker will ask various questions and answers in English, and YOU are to repeat the same questions and answers in Shoshone.