Mayan-gu ngiyani yana-nhi

Mayangu ngiyani yananhi.

We all (>2) went to the waterhole.

Mayan-gu ngiyani yana-nhi.

This Introductory Gamilaraay Language Reader (Level: 3) utilizes repetition to sink in a range of concepts including several basic past-tense verbs, understanding movement-to, being-at and movement-from, and a suite of Gamilaraay First-Person pronouns. The book utilizes hyphens to help learners understand the structures of the language.

This book tells a relatively simple story of several people on Gamilaraay country who have gone to the waterhole to fish. Bagay-gu ganunga yana-nhi – We (>2) went to the waterhole.

ISBN Hardcover: 978-0-9756519-4-0
ISBN Digital: 978-0-9756519-5-7

Text Resources

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The original full-color book cover (PDF).
The original full-color book as spreads (PDF).
The original full-color book as pages (PDF).

Multimedia Resources

Our Multimedia Resources section provides a suite of video, audio and interactive resources.

Animated video read-through (Low-Res MP4).
Animated video read-through (Full-Res YouTube).

Lesson Plans

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Suggested lesson materials (PDF).
Supporting Flashcards (PDF).
Alternative Activity sheets (PDF).

Practice & Tips.

The Practice and Tips section offers a variety of other tools designed to enhance your learning experience and to sink the lessons in. The practice options include.

Supporting documents (PDF).
Quizzes (PDF).
Links to related materials (PDF).

An important note:

A previous iteration of the video used gubi-y for swim; however, the images show the people wading, rather than swimming. The intention was to talk about swimming, but the image is not clear, and as they are wading, the word should be wurunga-y. While Gaman only includes Wuunga-y there in YR/YY, the GR version is well recorded in the Grammar Book titled ‘Yaluu’. The PDF files have been updated, and the video links also – (06/05/2025).

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