Noongar pronunciation guide: Bonar (Seasons)

August 16, 2022 00:02:27
Noongar pronunciation guide: Bonar (Seasons)
Noongar pronunciation guide
Noongar pronunciation guide: Bonar (Seasons)

Aug 16 2022 | 00:02:27

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Jayden Boundry

Show Notes

In this episode, Jayden Boundry shares the Noongar words for Bonar — the Noongar seasons including December – January, February – March, and April – May.

Get your copy of Noongar Boodja Waangkan and read along as you learn the Noongar words for:

Recorded and produced by Ryan Gibson.

This guide was produced in Walyalup in Wadjuk Boodja, on the lands of the Noongar people.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 0 00:00:00 Kaya young Carl Jayden boundary. Hello. My name is Jayden boundary, and I'm here to teach you about the seasons Borner. We have six seasons here in <inaudible> country, and this is where we follow very much what is going on country? What is happening? The weather that is changing. Speaker 0 00:00:19 So for us, our season changes every two months, but just because it's a new month, it doesn't mean that it's going to be exactly aligned to the first of the month. We look at the, we look at the weather and the land and we see when it changes. Let's say something, the Moja the Christmas tree. Once that blooms that's when we know the weather is changing, the land is changing. We don't look at our watch or our calendar and decide, oh, why is it still raining? It should be over by now. It's the weather will change when it is ready. The land will change when it is ready. So Borner Burra Burra Burra December to January born, born Naru, born from February to March J jar jar, April to may Moru Moru Morro from June to July JBA, Juba, JBA from August to September Gabra Gabra Gabra from October to November. These are our six seasons. And when they change, don't be looking at the color thinking, why is it not hot yet? Look at the land and follow what the land tells you. Younger border one.

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