Total Physical Response

Total Physical Response is an approach to language learning that starts with comprehension of verbs.

This page lists groups of verbs to try. The instructor (a local) could give instructions using the imperative form, e.g. yiborledmen, and then the newcomer could perform the action, while saying what they are doing, e.g. ngaborledme. Optionally, the newcomer could also say the past perfect version once the action is completed, e.g. ngaborledmeng.

-me verbs
These verbs have an imperative form ending in -men, and past perfect ending in -meng. (This is the first conjugation.)

Here is a second group of -me verbs

-ke verbs
These verbs have an imperative form ending in -kemen, and past perfect ending in -keng. Some of these verbs are paired with -me verbs. (This is the second conjugation.)