met

Ingglish mining / English meaning:
brother-in-law, sister-in-law

Hau yu ridim brom Ingglish / How to read it in English:
MET

Mowa infameishin / Notes:
Im burru det Ingglish wed 'mate' / It comes from the English 'mate'.

Naja wed garrim seim mining / Synonym:
banji, fren

Langa sentens / Example sentence:
1. Ai bin gibit la yu met ja / I gave it to your brother/sister-in-law (over) there
2. Alo met! / Hi brother/sister-in-law!
3. Met, git na mi! / Brother/sister-in-law, give it to me!

jingat

Ingglish mining / English meaning:
call out, shout out

Mowa infameishin / Notes:
Im burru det Ingglish wed 'sing out' / It comes from the English 'sing out'.

Hau yu ridim brom Ingglish / How to read it in English:
JING-ut

Langa sentens / Example sentence:
1. Ai bin jingat, ai bin jingat. Najing alabat. / I called out and I called out. They weren't there.
2. Yu muluri bin jingat la yu / Your mother-in-law's brother called out to you.
3. Wakwak im jingat-jingat / The crow is calling out (crowing).

bin

Ingglish mining / English meaning:
Dijan wed im jis dali yu det ting bin olredi hepin / This word makes the past tense, like -ed in English (e.g. walked)

Mowa infameishin / Notes:
Im burru det Ingglish wed 'been' / It comes from the English word 'been'.

Hau yu ridim brom Ingglish / How to read it in English:
BIN

Langa sentens / Example sentence:
1. Ai bin silip / I slept
2. Wen ai bin yanggel, ai bin jidan jeya / When I was a little girl, I lived there
3. Blijimen bin beldi im bala / A policeman hit him, poor guy

gen!

Ingglish mining / English meaning;
oops! oh!

Hau yu ridim brom Ingglish / how to read it in English:
GEN (but not like JEN)


Langa sentens / Example sentence:
1.Gen! Sori.  / Oops, sorry.
2.Yu gabarani iya, inimin - gen! - yu kas iya, inimin gu. / Your uncle here didn't - oops - your cousin here didn't go.
3.Im ba yu mami. Gen, anti ai min, sori. / She's your mother. Oops, I mean auntie, sorry.

gulum

Ingglish mining / English meaning;
call, to name something, to say the name of something

Hau yu ridim brom Ingglish / how to read it in English:
GOOL-oom


Ba tok shotwei / In casual speech:
gulu (GOOL-oo)

Langa sentens / Example sentence:
1.Wi gulum Ngukurr bat munanga mob thei gulum Nooka  / We call it "Ngukurr" but Europeans call it "Nooka" (Irrim / Listen)
2.Wani yu gulu im? / What is your relationship to him/her? (literally: what do you call him/her?)
3.Wani na ai bin gulu? / What did I just say/name?

sambala

Ingglish mining / English meaning;
some, some of

Hau yu ridim brom Ingglish / how to read it in English:
SUM-bah-lah

Langa sentens / Example sentence:
1. Sambala main anggurl mob from Numbulwar / Some of my uncles from Numbulwar.
2. Thei bin sheikhen gija sambala / Some of them shook hands
3. Sambala bin rait, sambala nogudwan / Some (of them) were okay, some (of them) were bad.

ngarra

Ingglish mining / English meaning;
peep, look quickly, look inconspicuously

Hau yu ridim brom Ingglish / how to read it in English:
NGA-dah

Mowa infameishin / notes:
Maitbi oni Ropa mob yusim dis wek / Possibly only used in Roper Kriol

Langa sentens / Example sentence:
1. Yu trai ngarra / Try and have a look
2. Ai bin ngarra from windou / I peeked from the window
3. Yu ngarra en luk if im ja / Have a quick look and see if s/he is there