This little clip shows Molly Napurrurla Presley, signing in front of the blue backdrop (the signadome curtain over the plywood panel). Here we are just starting a session, using video prompts to elicit reciprocal constructions (meaning: ways of saying that people are doing things to
Here’s a short video from Janie Long at Ti Tree, talking about the iltyem-iltyem project.
Iltyem-iltyem: Pengart-kenh angkety
Iltyem-iltyemel anwern angkem nheng amerneh arlka. We ask for food and things like that using hand signs. And thamptheng apaywenherremel amernarl. Or if we see a person calling out in the distance then we use hand signs to speak with that person. Tyerrty nhak apek