Kpelle-Vocabulary and Schools/Schooling

So this is just a short lesson on vocabulary and questions regarding schools and education in Liberia.

Vocabulary:

• KOlO-pErE: school
• misiN kOlO-pErE: mission school
• govemEi kOlO-pErE: government/public school
• kOlO-PErE lElEE: good school
• kOlO-pEra fella fei: school fees
• siyee: clothes (uniform)
• mEi-nuu: “top person” or principal
• bOi: student
• sen-lE-nuu: teacher
• kaamoo: teacher (higher up)
• konpetEi: computer
• su-KOON: exam
• PoYE: writing
• I KOlON: do you know?
• FE kOlON: I dont know
• pa: to go/come
• maa-kOrii: to learn
• mo: say it! (repeat)
• long: talk
• su kula: explain
• mEni-pOlO-na: the thing that is old (history)
• ngaa: I am
• nwelii: I want to…

Now try putting some sentences together

Practice: