It is the book which my colleague Paul saul Bolanos and i designed to teach english in korebaju community. I hope it will be useful for future researchers.

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LEARNING ENGLISH THROUGH OUR KOREBAJU CULTURE
(Arema chuore chechemu korebaju paichepi)
LEVEL A1
Saulo Paul Bolaños Piranga
Luis Fernando Galeano Cardozo
Asaju, Kutuju, Checheñu
Listening, Speaking and Learning

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Authors
Luis Fernando Galeano Cardozo
Student from English language teaching program from
Amazonia University, Florencia – Caquetá.
lifeisgoodlufe@hotmail.com
Saul Paul Bolaños Piranga
Student from English language teaching program from
Amazonia University, Florencia – Caquetá.
paulbolasp@outlook.es

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Acknowledgements
We would like to express our endless gratitude to Magister Julian David Mejía Vargas, director
of our research named “Designing contextualized materials for Teaching English to Korebaju
Community” for his constant support and encouragement to continue working on this research
and be the inspirations of other students to immerse in the field of the researching. Doubtless,
without his vital determination, these units would not have ever come to light.
On the other hand, we also want to thank Magister Valeriya lytvychenko for her support,
encouragement, ideas provided to develop these units and her credibility to us that we would
reach the end of this research in a successful way. Finally, we want to thank Magisters Angelica
Maria Rojas and Lia Gordillo for their cooperation, evaluation and ideas provided during the
approval process of this research.
Finally and not being less important, we thank the Korebaju community for their participation
in the development of these units, thanks to them we can learn about their wealth culture and
different ways to learn languages in this case through the culture.
General objectives
 To develop students’ English language communicative competences through
their Korebaju indigenous culture in order to have a meaningful learning in
students.
Specific objectives
 Unit 1: to exchange personal information by using daily expressions.
 Unit 2: to ask for and give information about people’s habits and daily routines.
 Unit 3: to talk about different occupations especially from Korebaju community.
 Unit 4: to talk about Korebaju typical dishes using count and non-count nouns.
 Unit 5: to ask about daily and free activities in Korebaju community.
 Unit 6: to talk about Korebaju values and how the students apply them.

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CONTENTS
Who are the Korebaju?
Pag.
Unit 1 Greetings and Goodbyes expressions!
tijñani o saiju kutuchuo 5
Unit 2 Korebaju daily routine
korebaju siarumu chooke 10
Unit 3 Korebaju Occupation
Korebaju chochechoche 19
Unit 4 Let’s Eat Korebaju Typical Meal!
Korebaju aure añu! 27
Unit 5 What do you do in your free time?
¿Ikere chooku muu rupu pairumu? 34
Unit 6 Korebaju Values
Korebaju ñaa kukuju paiche 40

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Returning to Chijaicha dies the
most important of the chiefs of the people
Korebajú: Miguel Piranga, for that reason
the community decided to move to
Mekasaraba translates “Senda de Arriera
con ramificación” nowadays known as San
luis, but not having a leader who hold them
together scattered in different places
forming small communities; the first was
Miupu, which currently corresponds to
Resguardo Agua Negra.
Currently the Korebaju are located
southeast of Florencia in Caquetá in the
jurisdiction of the municipalities of Milan
and Solano, forming villages along the
Caquetá, Orteguaza River and its
tributaries.
Vocabulary
Come - raiju
Language - kutuchuo
Community - vuejopo
Leadership - ai/chuuku
Doctor - ukou
Live - paiche
River - chiacha
Cross - ote
Move - chookuiche
Water - oko
Decide - cheañe
Have - paache
Villages - vuejopoa
Who are the Korebaju?
Coreguaje is the term Hispanicized
of korebaju and it identifies the
indigenous people belonging to linguistic
Western Tucano family and comes from
the speaker Siona Korebaju language
group. The Korebaju ethnic group is
located is the south of Caquetá
department in Milan municipality in “el
resguardo de agua negra”. They
traditionally lived in one community
under the leadership of a traditional
doctor.
The Korebaju were nomadic
people, inhabited a vast territory that
included unlimited Amazon River known
as Ujacha chiacha or large river they
were traveling, then cross the Caguan
river (bekacha) or the yarumos River.
Then they settled in a place known as
"Tres Esquinas Orteguaza" name still
remains. Many years later, they moved to
the Putumayo river or Katucha translates
Cane River Brava. Then, they went to the
river or river Jaocha leaf until the
Chijaicha as the Black Water River is
known today, Santa Maria or Medio
Mundo. There they lived for several years
and then move to a place known as
Jerumano by the Orteguaza River from
where they move to Guamal by the river
Bodoquero.

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WARM UP
Look at the picture and practice/ kuechusiere ñaju cheheju
EXERCISE 1: Play a chain game. Learn your classmates’ name. / ruimu kutuju saichete
apeju. Jame paina mamire checheju.
Laura: My name is Paula.
Carla: Hello, laura. I’m carla.
Carla: My names is Carla.
Sandra: Hello, Carla. My names is Sandra.
Sandra: Hello, I’m… (You continue with your
classmates/ chekuna name chooju saiju)
I’m Paula. Chuu
paulamo
My name is Sandra.
Chu mami jaa sandra
Unit 1 Greetings and Goodbyes expressions!
My name is Carla.
Chu mami jaa carla

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CONVERSATION
EXERCISE 2: Complete the conversation. Then practice/choopiniju icheja ikache, chechejuu
1. Sandra: what’s ____________ (you/your) name?
Fernando: ____________ (my/your) name is Fernando.
2. Daniel: hello. _____________ (I’m/you) Daniel.
Sandra: nice to meet ____________ (you/your), Daniel.
3. Paula: I’m Paula. _____________ (is/what’s) your name?
Carlos: _____________ (my/your) name is Carlos.
4. Carla: My names ____________ (name/nice) is Carla.
Marcela: ____________ (my/I’m) Marcela. Nice to meet you.
I’m Sofia. What’s your name?
chuu Sofia ¿muu mami jato?
My name is Saulo. Nice to
meet you. / Chu mami ja
Saulo pojomu muure ñañe
Nice to meet you, too.
Chuu uca chia pojomo

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CONVERSATION
Vocabulary
 Good morning - jese jñatare
 Good afternoon - jese paiku/jese naiku
 Good evening - jese paiche
 I’m very well - chuu reojache paimu
 How are you? - jese paiku
CONVERSATION
Carmen: Good morning, Rosa. How are you? /Vunikuao
rosa. Jese paiko?
Rosa: fine, thank you. How about you? /Reojache,
reorepamu. Jato muu?
Carmen: great, thanks. Are you preparing the
breakfast?/ Reojache, reorepamu, aure muu chooko?
Rosa: yes, I am/ ju jau
Good morning, Andrea.
vunikuao Andrea
Hello, Doris.
Repao Doris
Good afternoon, felipe.
How are you? Jese paiku
felipe
Hello, Eliecer. I am
fine. Repau Eliecer
chuu reojache
Good evening, Cata.
How are you? Jese
naiko Cata?
Hello, i’m very well.
Repau chuu reojache
Vocabulary
 How about you? – jese paimaku muu
 Great - reojache
 Ready - pinisosikumu
 Thank you - reorepamu

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Study the language chart./iraburua checheju
How are you? / jese paiku?
Great Fine. Good. OK. Not bad. Sad. bad
EXERCISE 3: Complete the conversation with the words in the box.
1. Saulo: Good morning. How are you?
Ada luz: I’m _________, thanks. How about _________ ?
Saulo: I’m__________.
2. Santiago: Good ______________ , Saulo. How are you today?
Saulo: I’m Ok. ___________ about you?
Santiago: ____________ , thank __________.
EXERCISE 4: Greet three classmates.
Saying good bye / sanikuamu chiiche
Good bye, Flor.
Reojache saiju FlorGood night, Saulo
/kaiju, Saulo
are
fine
sad
you
afternoon
good
how
you
Good __________________. How are you? __________________. How about you?

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Vocabulary
 Good bye - sanikuamu
 Bye-bye - sanikuamu
 See you later - ñañu
 See you tomorrow - chero ñañu
 My friends - chuu jobopaina- jamepaina
EXERCISE 5: Play a chain game. Say good bye to your classmates./ruimu chooju saichete
apeju. Sanikuamu chiiju muu name painani
Saulo: Good bye, lina.
Lina: see you later, Saulo.
Lina: bye, yurani.
Yurani: bye-bye. Lina.
Yurani: see you tomorrow… (You continue with your classmates/
chekuna name chooju saiju)
Bye-bye, Yurani.
Sanikuamo Yurani
See you later. /ñañu
See you tomorrow,
my friends. /Chero
ñañu jamepaivana

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WARM UP
Look at next pictures based on my Culture – ñaju chukuna paiche kuechusie
I wake up/ chuu jñanovuimo I get up at 6:00 A.M/chuu seina vuikomo
I take a shower/ chuu cuchakomo I comb my hair/ chuu raña veekomo
Unit 2 Korebaju Daily Routine!

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I have breakfast/chuu apeñatato aikomo
I brush my teeth/chuu koji chucukomo
I go to school/ chuu utijaoña
vue saikumu
I work on the Chagra/ chuu chiore choche
chokumu
I go back home/ chuu vue koikumu
I clean the house/ Chuu vue juokomo

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I fish in the river/ vai noikumu chuu I drink Unecono/unecono
ukukumu chuu
I take a rest/ puakumu chuu I knit/ tuokumu chuu
I talk to my friend/ chuujame paikuname
kutukumu
I play soccer/ vito apekumu chuu

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I toast Cazabe/ au suokomo chuu I dance with my friends/chaikumu
jamepaina name
I sow Yuca/ asotakumu chuu I get dressed/kaña sachekumu
I listen stories of my ancestors/ai chuo
asakumu kueuni
I clean my crops/ ucha sesokumu chuu

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EXERCISE 1: Based on last pictures tell your classmates and teacher what you do. Chuura ñasiepi
ñaku kuaju ikere chooku muu.
GRAMMAR
I play football, but I do not move fast. Do I need practices more?
 Present simple is used to express situations that are permanent, actions that I do with some
regularity like a daily routine.
 Do/does are the auxiliary in present simple that helps us to make negative sentences and
interrogative questions.
 DO is used for the subjects I, You, They, We. But, DOES is used for the subjects She, He, It (3rd
person).
I cut leaves of Platano/ ojao tusekumu
chuu
I go to bed/ kai kakakomo chuu
I get at up at 6:00 a.m
(sei paitona vuikomo
chuu)
I go bed at 9:00 p.m
(chuu kaisaiku 9 paitonaa)
I listen story from my mother
(Chuu aichuo asakomo jakoni)
I work every day in the chagra.
(chuu chochechokumu siarumu chio)

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EXERCISE 2: Use the dictionary. Study the chart and do one sentences for each verb on yur
notebook
I/You/We/They Read watch arrive go eat have Study play Come
He/She/It Reads watches arrives goes eats has studies plays comes
EXERCISE 3: Complete the sentences with the correct verb/ choopiniju reojamakapi suoku
EXERCISE 4: With a line match the sentence with a picture/ fiñeju
They read a story/ aichuore ñame jan
She cooks the dinner/aure kuakomo jao
She gets up at 7:00 am/kani vuimo jao 7na
She eats the lunch/umukuse aiñete aimo jao
They ______________ (go/goes) to work
on the chagra.
She ______________ (has/have) boyfriend.
Marcos ______________ (brushes/brush)
his teeth in the morning.
She ______________ (read/reads) books
in the afternoon. We ______________ (play/plays) soccer

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Vocabulary
Woman - romio
Clothes - kaña
Housework - vue jarevache
Take breakfast - apeñatato aiñe
Fish with chili pepper - piaosa
After that - jachoje
Go - saiche
Work - chochechoche
During - ukuche
Later - na paisirumu
Elaborate - chooche
Then - jato
Dinner - naito aiñe
Stories - paisie kuache
Myths - aichuo
Until - jajatuka
Bed - caipu
EXERCISE 5: With your teacher and
classmates start to talk about your
community, what you do in your
community.
In a normal day, a Korebaju woman gets
up to arrange the fish and the other women
clean the house, wash the clothes and all the
housework. Generally, the Korebaju people take
breakfast at 7:30 am where it consist of fish with
chili pepper and Cazabe. After that, they go to
work on their crops “Chagra” during five and six
hours.
Later, men start to elaborate the
“Mambe” to have a good fishing. Then, women
go to recollect some fruits and vegetables like;
platano, yucca, chontaduro to cook the dinner.
In the afternoon, Korebaju people take the
dinner while they talk to their family about
stories and myths until they go bed.
Korebaju People

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EXERCISE 6: Study the chart and fill in next sentences/ibu cheche choopiniju ja mua.
Do i/you/we/they study english?
Does She/he/it study english?
Do i/you/we/they watch tv?
Does She/he/it watch tv?
 ___________ (do/does) he have a car?
 ___________ (do/does) they play soccer?
 ___________ (do/does) she work on the chagra?
 ___________ (do/does) we read books?
 ___________ (do/does) you study English?
 ___________ (do/does) I watch tv?
EXERCISE 7: Use the dictionary. Read next daily routine and answer the questions.
Saulo Totobaju
I am Saulo Totobaju. I get up at 5:30 am and firstly I brush my teeth. Then, I wait for the
breakfast, I go to greet my close family and
friends. After that, I take the breakfast in my
house. Later, I go to knit the different handicraft
of my community with the help of the
experience craftsman. While I work, my friend
and I start to talk about our fishing experiences
and often we talk about the Yagé visions. Next,
the whole community and I go to work at 10:00
am. Then in the Chagra, I work on my crops
where I sow yucca, ñame, caimarones,
chontaduros, platano, caña. After, I come back
to my house at 3:00 pm and I take the lunch.
After, I take a rest until 4:00 pm. Then, I go to
play with soccer with my friends during two
hours. Before I go to bed, my brother and I go to
fish and we come back at 1:00 am. Lastly, I am
tired and I go to sleep.
Complete the sentences and questions about Saulo’s routine:
1. ____________ (do does) Saulo work on the crops? Yes, he does
2. ____________ (do does) Saulo go to the maloca? ______________________________________________________
3. Saulo___________ (knits/knit) the handicraft.
4. What does Saulo do at 10:00 am? He________________________________________________________________
5. He___________ (works/work) on the crops.
6. ____________ (do does) Saulo go to sleep at 1:00 am? _______________________________________________

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EXERCISE 8: Based on previous topics do A draw where represent what you do every day
and write your daily routine. Kuechuju muu siarumu choche. Jachoje tochaju vuevuna
Name:______________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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WARM UP
What do they do?/
ikere jana choo nañe
Unit 3 Korebaju Occupations!
1
3
4 5
2
6
7

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EXERCISE 1: What do they do?
Look at eh pictures. Write the numbers.
a) 5 He is a fisherman.
b) ________ They are singers.
c) ________ They are craftswomen.
d) ________ He is a haunter.
e) ________ He is a commissar.
f) ________ They are storytellers.
g) ________ They are shamanes.
CONVERSATION
CAMILO: hello, my name is Camilo. what is your name?
CARLOS: My name is Carlos Piranga.
CAMILO: Nice to meet you Carlos
CARLOS: Where are you from?
CAMILO: I am from Caquetá, Colombia.
CARLOS: Me too. What do you do?
CAMILO: I’m a student and I study in Mama Bwe Reojache High School.
CARLOS: Oh that’s nice. See you later Camilo.
CAMILO: Bye bye.
I’m luz. I am a housewife
(chuu Luz. Chuu vue
karebakomo)
My name is Eliecer. I am a
shaman
(chuu Eliecer. Chuu chaiamu)
I am a haunter
(Chuu vai jui aiamu)
We are students
(Chukuna utijao ñaname)
My name is lino, I’m a
commissar
(chuu Lino Chuu paiñakumu)

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EXERCISE 2: understanding the conversation/asacheamu pai kutuche
Fill in this chart for Camilo.
FullName:__________________________________________________________________________________________________
Nationality:________________________________________ Occupation___________________________________________
High School:________________________________________________________________________________________________
Apostrophe ‘s
It is used to express possession.
 Maria’s book/ Maria nepurome
 Juan’s watch/ juan usuñamakame
 My Father’s job/ jaku choche
Exercise 3: look the cartoon and answers the questions based on it.
1. What is his name? ____________________________________________________________
2. What does Juan do? __________________________________________________________
3. What does Juan’s father name? _________________________________________________
4. What does Juan’s father job? ___________________________________________________
What is your name?/uke mamiu muu My name is juan/ chuu juanmu
How old are you?/jenuko
año paku muu
I am 15 years old/chuu 15 año
paamu
What do you do?/ike
choku muu I am a student/ chuu utijao
ñakumu
What does your father’s
job?/mujaku ikechokuu
He is a teacher./jau utijao
chchokumu
What is your father’s
name?/mujaku ike mamiu His name is Eliecer/jau mami ja
Eliecer

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Grammar
What do you do? I am a hunter
What does she do? She is an architect
 To ask someone’s job you can use the auxiliary Do/does
 A/An are the articles that we use to say what a thing or a person is (just for
singular nouns)
She is a singer /you are an engineer
A is used when the word that precedes it begins with a consonant
An is use an when the word that precedes it begins with a vowel
Exercise 4: fill in the blank based on the pictures
Write the number.
Doctor/ukou 2
Police officer/paiñaku
Teacher/utijao chechoku
Dentist/koji karebaku
Nurse/ukoo
Hairdresser/raña tukaku
Point to a picture. Tell your partner.

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EXERCISE 5: Use your dictionary and match a picture with a job in column A.
7.
1. d 2.
3. 4.
5.
6.

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A B
a) A singer
b) A fishermam
c) A storyteller
d) A shaman
e) A haunter
f) A craftmam
g) A commissar
is someone who is dedicated to control
the behavior of a people for the common
good.
is a person who is dedicated to the art of
singing
is a person who is dedicated to telling
stories, tales or myths. Storytellers help
us understand our past and avoid old
mistakes.
is someone who professionally hunt
animals using arrows and blowgum.
Fisherman is a person who is dedicated to
fish using materials such as arrow
is a traditional doctor in indigenous
groups.
is the person who make crafts or
handicrafts.
EXERCISE 6: Match A with a line B.
Vocabulary
 Fisherman - vaisaoai
 Singer - ujaujaku
 Craftswomen - tuoaina
 Hunter - vai juiai
 Commissar - paiñaku
 Storyteller - aichuo kuaku
 Housewife - vue karebako
 Me too - chuu ukuachia
 People - pai
 Common - siarumu paiche
 Stories - aichuo
 Arrow - sao saraba
 Craft - tuoñe
 Handicraft - tuosie
 Behavior - paiche
Well, let’s start learning new
vocabulary!/chuura vesusi chuore checheñu

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EXERCISE 7: Use your dictionary and do a drawing for each occupation
Builder Teacher Cook
Policeman Farmer Carpenter
Soldier Doctor Vet
Driver Secretary Reporter

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EXERCISE 7: do next exercises based on previous topics
Practice with a partner
Now tell your group about people in your life. Look up last pictures if you don’t
know the word.
Now write down some sentences about the people in your life.
Write the name of a job, some of them are based on korebaju culture to
complete the sentences./tochaju mamire jacheja ikache paiche
1. A_____________is a traditional doctor, a person who makes predictions.
2. _____________is someone who is dedicated to control the behavior of a people
for the common good.
3. _____________is a person who is dedicated to the art of singing and creating new
music style.
4. _____________is someone who professionally hunt animals using arrows and
blowpipe currently the shotgun.
5. _____________is the person making crafts or handicrafts.
6. A____________and a______________work in a hospital and take care of people
when they are sick.
7. An____________designs and builds large buildings.
8. Someone who works in a school classroom and helps students is called
a______________.
9. Someone who cuts and styles your hair is called a_________________.
10. A person who works to stop crime is a________________.

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WARM UP
Are you hungry? Are you thirsty?
EXERCISES 1: What do you want?
Look at the pictures. What do you want to eat and drink?
I want to eat cazabe Some fish with chili pepper
drink unecono Some fariña
drink chicha de yuca Some unecono
Some smoked fish
Some milpes
I don’t want to eat cazabe any fish with chili pepper
drink unecono any fariña
drink chicha de yuca any unecono
any smoked fish
any milpes
Unit 4 let’s Eat Korebaju Typical Meal!
Milpes (kosa)
Fariña (jarina)
Chicha of chontaduro (Unecono)
Cazabe (au tui)
Chondataduro (une)
Smoked fish (vai posiku)
Fish with chili pepper
(piaosa)

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CONVERSATION
Maria: what! Do you cook fish with chili pepper?
Alejandra: yes, I do.
Maria: what do you need? Do you have the ingredients to cook it?
Alejandra: well, first we need the fish and second the chili pepper and
after that put the fish to be cooked in water.
Maria: ok, let’s go to cook
Alejandra: uhhh this is so delicious
Maria: yes, you’re right
EXERCISES 2: understanding the conversation
1. What does Alejandra want to eat?/ikere asa chiiko Alejandra?
2. What does Alejandra cook?/ikere cuakoko Alejandra?
3. What ingredients do you need to cook fish with chili pepper?/ikere chiiku piaosa cuakora chini?
4. Does Alejandra like chili pepper?/piaosa chiikoo Alejandra?
5. Do you know cook fish with chili pepper?/muu piaosa cuako masikuu?
vocabulary
Want - chiiche
Some - ucua uache/ ucua uau
Look at the picture- ñaju pitasie
What - ike
Eat - aiñe
Drink - ukuche
Chili pepper- pia
Any - ucua uache/ ucua uau
Today - irumu
Cook - cuakoche
Delicious - vaisuche
Need - chiiche
Maria: What do you
want to eat today?/ikere
asachiiko irumu?
Alejandra: I want to eat
fish with chili pepper/
piasore chuu asachiimo
Ingredients:
Chili Pepper/pia
Fish/vai

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Grammar
Count and Non-Count Nouns
Count nouns Can be counted as one or more example; an apple, two apples etc. But Non-count
nouns Cannot be counted, They usually express a group or a type like; water, wood, ice, air,
oxygen, English, Spanish, money, milk, sugar, rice, meat, flour etc.
Count/kuekueche Non- Count/ kuekuecuache
A chontaduro some/any chontaduros
An egg some/any eggs
A piece of cazabe some/any piece of cazabe
Milk some/any milk
Water some/any water
Chocolate some/any chocolate
A: Do you want a glass of unecono?/unecono roroba juaku?
B: No, I don’t want a glass of unecono, I want a glass of water/paamu uamamu unecono; oko
rorovapi uamu
A: Do you have any chocolate?/chocolate paaku muu?
B: No, I don’t have any chocolate, but I have some milk/peomu chuu chocolate jatani oje tani
paamu
A: Do you need any money?/kuri chiiku?
B: Yes, I need some money/juu chuu kuri chiimu
EXERCISES 3: I’m hungry
Write a, an, some any on the line.
Flor: how do you feel son?
Saulo: I’m hungry! I want (1)_________________fish tamal and (2) ________________unecono.
Flor: I don’t have (3)_________________unecono, but I have (4)______________fish tamal.
Saulo: Mom, do you have (5)_______________water?
Flor: yes, I have (6)______________water. By the way, I have (7)_____________egg and you can eat
it.
Saulo: That’s great mom. Mom, do you want to eat (8)___________chocolote? I have
(9)_ __________bar of chocolate in my pocket
Flore: sure, I want to eat (10)____________chocolate.
Saulo: Do you have______________milk in house?
Flor: Sorry son, I don’t have (11)______________milk in house.
Paulo: Ok mom, see you later.
Flore: Bye son,
Flor: Hi son, how do
you feel?/repau chii,
jese paiku?
Saulo: I’m hungry
mom/ au kuamu jako

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Grammar
Possesive abjectives, Possessive adjectives are used to show possession or ownership of
something.
I have my food/ chuu paamu chuu aiñe
You have your food/ muu paamu muu aiñe
He has his food/ jau paamu repau aiñe
She has her food/ jao paamo repao aiñe
It has its food/ jaa paamu repa aiñe
We have our food/ chukuna paame chukuna aiñe
They have their food/ janaa paame repana aiñe
EXERCISE 4: what’s the possessive adjectives?
Write the correct possessive adjective.
I’m 10 years old. It’s (1)____________birthday. This is (2)___________sister. (3)_____________birthday
is in june. That’s my sister. (4)____________birthday is in may.
Andres: can I use
(5)______________cellphon
e Marcela?
Marcela: where is
(6)___________cellphone
Andres?
Carlos: I have
(7)______________cellphone
here, but I can’t lend it

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Infinitives with like, want, I would like to, and need
I like to eat Cazabe/ chuu autui ainekumu
What does he like?/ ikere aineku jau?
He likes to eat fish with chili pepper/ jau piaosare ainekumu
What do you want to drink?/ ikere ukunekuu muu?
Do you want to eat fariña? Jarina ai uaku muure?
Yes, I do/no, I don’t. / ju japaito/ paamu chuu paamu
I would like to drink unecono/ chuure unecono uku uamu
He needs to drink water/ jaure okore okuche paimu
EXERCISE 5: Like or don’t like? / chiiche o chiimañe
Answear the question and talk with your classmates about what you like
What do you like to do? (Write three things about what you like and three things about what
you don’t like)
Like Don’t like
I like to drink water I don’t like to drink water
|Jailer: What would
you like to drink?/
ikepi uku uaku?
Marcos: I would like
to drink unecono/
uneconopi uku uamu
Jailer: do you want to
eat something? Ucua
uamakaru ai uamaku?
Marcos: yes, I want to eat
something and after that I
need to go practice
English/ ju jau asachiimu
jachoje chu ingleste
checheche paamu

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Chicha of chontaduro (unecono) is a
fermented liquid extracted from ripe
chontaduro. Its preparation is to take the
chontaduro and grind after two hours of
cooking, then this is poured in fermentation
for an entire night before being consumed.
Vocabulary
Cook - cuacoche
Ground - ausie
Squeezed - kañoñe
Accompanied - jamepaiche
Contain - paache
Smoked - poosie
Low heat - jmatoaru
Dry - jajuñe
Golden - vaisie
Liquid - oko
Poured - rooche
Fermentation - kosache
In Korebaju indigenous community there
are some typical meals that those people enjoy
to eat. All those meals are cooked by the women
of the community.
Cazabe is typical indigenous meal. It is a
crunchy, thin, circular arepa made of ground
and squeezed Yuca. This type of food is
prepared every 15 days in the Korebaju
community to be eaten and accompanied by any
other type of food every day.
Fish with chili pepper is one of the most
common meals in this community. This delight
for many members of the community is eaten
every morning accompanied with cazabe and
much chili pepper. It just contains fish and chili
pepper.
Smoked fish is another special meal. Its
preparation is to take fish over low heat until
you see this dry and golden.
Korebaju Typical Meals

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EXERCISE 6: Reading comprehension/ lee asacheañe
Answer and fill the blank based on last reading.
1. Who cooks in Korebaju community? __________________________________________________
2. Is cazabe a typical meal in this community? ____________________________________________
3. How can I prepared unecono? _______________________________________________________
4. Does smoked fish cooked on over low heat? ____________________________________________
5. Do you like Smoked fish? ___________________________________________________________
6. What do you like to eat? ___________________________________________________________
SPEAKING/KUTUCHE
A. Read the chart. Write your own ideas for 9 and 10. Leeju ibu. Tochaju 9 name 10 kamua
B. Find some who… jñaju ukua uaute neku
1. The teacher doesn’t drink unecono
2. likes to drink milk
3. has some chontaduros in the chagra
4. has fish every day
5. likes charapa cake
6. likes to eat fish with chili pepper
7. doesn’t want speak
8. needs to go to the bathdroom
9.
10.
Speak out! Food from your community
Work in a small group. You are in integration in your community.
What food from your community do you want to eat? Make a presentation and tell the class.
My mother cooks in my house/jako
jao chuu vuena cuakokomo
In my community Smoked fish is a
typical meal/ chuu paijopo vai posiku
jau rua auamu
My name is Narly/chuu
Narlymo
I am from Resguardo de Aguas Negras and i
am a Korebaju girl/chuu agua negra kakomo,
korebajumo chuu
I like drink unecono/chuu
uncono ukunekomo
I like eat charapa cake/chuu
kouchia ainekomo

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WARM UP
Look at picture and choose what you do in your free time and share it with your
classmates/ ñapini . cheaju muu rupu pairumu choochete, muu namepaina name kutuju
Unit 5 what do you do in your free time?
Do handicrafts/ tuoñe
Play soccer/vito apeche
Dance/ chaiche
Play Pii/ pii apeche
Play Jua/jua apeche Play archery/sao saoche Go to fish/vaikueche

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EXERCISE 1: What do you do in your free time?/ ikere chooku muu rupu pairumu
Write a list of 5 things you like doing on their free time/5 repamajña tochaju muu rupu
pairumu chochete
 I like to watch TV in my free time





EXERCISE 2: Tell your classmates about free time activities and sports in your community. What
do you and your friends do on your free time? Where do you go? Who do you go with? Which ones
are popular? Which ones are not? What sports do you like playing? What sports would you like to
practice?
I swim in the river/chuu
kuchakomo
I read books/ chuu
utijaore leekomo
I sing korebaju music/ chuu
korebaju ujare usakomo
I play soccer / chuu
vitore apekomo
1.What do you do like to
do?/ikepi choo uakuu?
2.I like to play
soccer/vitopi apeuakumu
3.I like to play Pii and also
soccer/chuure piiname
vito apeuakumu
4.That’s nice; I play
soccer with my
friends/jerua reojache,
chuuname painaname
chuu vito apekomo
5.By the way; you
play soccer very
well/jakuna repa
muu rua vito
apesasiko

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GRAMMAR
WH questions ask for information. in simple present use “do” or “be”:
STRUCTURE
WH questions WH Questions with "do"
WH + DO/DOES + SUBJECT + VERB
Examples:
* Where do you work?
* When does she wake up?
* Who is your brother?
WH Questions with "be"
WH + BE + SUBJECT
Examples:
* Where are you from?
* Who is that man?
* When is your class?
Question Answer example
What - ike Thing What is that?
When-ikerumu Time When is your birthday?
Who-neañe Person Who do you live with?
Where-jecheja Place Where do you live?
Why -jesepaiuna Reason Why are you happy?
How-jese Direction/fealings How arew you?
My birthdais in
june
What is your
name?
Where do you
live?/jecheja paiko?
My name is
laura
I live in rsguardo de
aguas negras
When is your birthaday?
Ikerumu ainesiko?
What do you do in your free
time?/ikere chooko rupu pairumu?
What is your
name?/ike mamio?
I play Jua

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EXERCISE 3: Make questions. Then match the questions and the answers.
Questions Answers
1. What time
2. Where
3. What
4. When
5. Who
6. Why
7. How
8. Do
do you like your school?
do you get to school?
do you go on vacations?
do you go to bed?
you go out on Friday evenings?
do you live with?
do you do on Saturday?
do you do your homework?
a) My mother and sisters.
b) To Florencia, Caquetá.
c) After dinner.
d) I always relax.
e) At: 11:00.
f) Because it’s interesting.
g) Walking.
h) Yes, I do sometimes.
Ask and answer the questions with a partner. Give true answers.
EXERCISE 4: Do a draw and sentences for each activity.
Dance
we like dance
Watch tv Listen music
Read Study Play soccer
Play Jua swim Cook

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target point of a drawn fish where you have
more accuracy is the winner.
Blowgun is a competition of accuracy
and hit upon a specific target by using a tool;
the "blowgun" which is a narrow object made
of a stick of yarumo (pipe) used to throw darts
(wooden pikes) which are introduced inside
and out forcefully ejected by blowing.
Vocabulary
Hobbies -chiu chooche
Sport -apeche
Home shores -vue choche paiche
Healthy way -reojache paiche
Coconut seed -petosasa
Made of -choosie
Drop -tooñe
Corncob leaves –vea jao
Few - jmanukoru
Spinning -sunoa
Accuracy -ñarepa
Winner -chootiasiku
Target -chootiañe
Jua is an object made of the seed of the
coconut where half of the short stick through it.
Besides this carries a small hoop by which you
must enter a long cabuya that is roll up on this in
order to give a strong pull with the hand And
make flying, the pii (coconut seed) starts to
rotate on the ground during few seconds. This is
a spinning top that is made of a coconut seed.
Archery is a game that consists of
shooting an arrow at a specific point. The men of
the korebaju community compete in hitting the
In korebaju community sports and
hobbies are the way to spend free time after the
duties like; study, work in the chagra and home
shores.
Pii is is a korebaju game that is for spending
free time with family and friends and in some
cases used to compete in a fun and healthy way.
The game consists of throwing a ball made the
corncob leaves the air and not let it fall, the
person drop this ball game will be retiring only
one person and this would be the winner.
Korebaju Typical Sports and Hobbies

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EXERCISES 5: Based on last text answer the next questions.
1. Where are Pii and Juan from?______________________________________________________
2. What does Pii made of?___________________________________________________________
3. Do you like korebaju hobbies?______________________________________________________
4. Do you like play archery?__________________________________________________________
5. Do you like play Jua?_____________________________________________________________
EXERCISE 6: Do a draw and sentences about what you do in your free time.
EXERCISE 7: With your teacher and classmates do a list of sports and hobbies and ask to each
classmate what he likes.
Do you like korebaju hobbies
and sports?/muure Korebaju
apache apeuaku?
Yes. I like korebaju
hobbies and sports/juu.
Chuu Korebaju apache
chiikomo
What do you like to do in your
free time?/ikere choonekoo muu
rupu pairumu?
I like play Jua and Pii/chuu
juaname piire chiikomo

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WARM UP
Use your dictionary. Through a drawing represent next words (values) and after that explain
to your classmates and teacher what it means for you.
Spirituality Respect
Identity Solidarity
Flexibility Autonomy
Unit 6 Korebaju Values!

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Spirituality:
Flexibility:
Solidarity:
Vocabulary
Values -valores
Beliefs -creencias
Shared -compartir
Behavior -comportamiento
Guidelines -
Improve -desarrollar
Identity -identidad
Respect -respeto
Autonomy -autonomia
Spirituality -espiritualidad
Flexibility -flexibilidad
Solidarity -solidaridad
Values are beliefs or ideals shared by the
members of a culture (parents, family and
friends) about what is good or bad. Values have
major influence on a person's behavior and
attitude and serve as broad guidelines in all
situations.
In my Korebaju community we have the
following values in order to improve our life:
Identity:
Respect:
Autonomy:
What does Korebaju values mean?

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EXERCISE 1: use the dictionary and answer next question.
What does values mean?
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
EXERCISE 1: use the dictionary and teacher’s help. With your own word explain each value
from Korebaju community.
 Respect:____________________________________________________________________
 Autonomy:__________________________________________________________________
 Solidarity:___________________________________________________________________
 Flexibility:___________________________________________________________________
 Identity:____________________________________________________________________
 Spirituality:__________________________________________________________________
GRAMMAR
We use ADJECTIVES to describe nouns (prospers names of things and people).
Most adjectives can be used before a noun…:
They have a beautiful house
Adjective noun (proper name)
He is a tall person
Adjective noun (proper name)
List of abjecties
Old-ai
Young-posuu
Slow-pekeru
Fast-nami
Strong-koka
Weak -kokapeoche
Delicious-vaisuche
Cool-susuche
Hot -asuche
Dirty-sisi
Clean-tuneñe
Heavy-rukuche
Light -miañe
Happy-pojoche
Sad -sumañe
Respectful -ñakuku paiku
Autonomous-meñepaimasiku
Solidary-chekunare ña oiku
Flexible-vusajache paiku
Angry- perusiku
Hungry- aukuaku
Full-chajisiku
Spiritual-
Fat-jujuu
Thin-suchuu
Tall-ujachauba
Short-ruiroru
large -ujacuecho
Big-uja
Small- jmamakaru
Beautiful-reojaio
Ugly-kuaku
Handsome-reojaio
Bad-kuache
Good-reojache
Yellow-pachojache
Red-majañe
Blue-rasojache
Black-chijache
White-pojache
Pink-maajajuru
Purple-
Tired-kanasie
Funny-sopuachepaiku
Bored-sumabau

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EXERCISE 2: Describe next person using sentences. Use the adjectives in the box.
 She has black hair.
 She is a young girl.
 ____________________________________
 ____________________________________
 ____________________________________
 ____________________________________
 ____________________________________
 ____________________________________
EXERCISE 3: look for the Korebaju values in the alphabet soup.
O R T F S H U O T E U D H F H F
P R G D H K T V H D H T B F Q L
S A U T O N O M Y R H D G H G E
G U D S B J A R T F Y U J J R X
G L D K P O U E B L H L C O Z I
A G G S B I V C X Y D B Y P X B
B F Y F V W R Q T Z Ñ K T E A I
U D J X H B C I X V B M I V B L
J H V K A U R U T Y N B T D D I
I A N J B A E O H U C K N T G T
B E K L D P S P K U A S E H T Y
D P M I C G P G D H C L D T Q H
V Ñ L H D X E D R D X U I K W O
O O G F E Z C T W V O H B T D F
S G S G R Y T U I G T K N M Y O
Short
Red
Black
Beautiful
Young
Tired
Strong
Fast
Korebaju values:
1.__________________________
2.__________________________
3.__________________________
4.__________________________
5.__________________________
6.__________________________

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EXERCISE 4: Use the dictionary and teacher’s help. Let’s know what Korebaju values
mean through this funny puzzle.
1. Flexibility is the capacity that gives us accommodate to different situations or proposal
of other people.
2. _______________ gives us the capacity and the right to decide and guide the development of my
community.
3. _______________ allows strengthen and maintain good relationships with others, strengthening
the thinking and the Korebaju community growing through the collective construction.
4. _______________ are the elements that allows us empower and define us like our culture,
customs and values.
5. _______________ is implement and enforce the rules from the house, school and our community.
This implies responsibility, sincerity, courtesy, prudence and honesty ensuring the harmony in the
community.
6. _______________ is the light that guides us on the path of learning and our life and community
purposes. The spirituality is consisted of Yage ritual in Korebaju community.
Vocabulary
 Capacity-chookokapache
 Allow-jokache
 Strengthen-kokacheaje
 Empower-chuujokache
 Enforce-kokapaju chuuñe
 Growing-aineñe
 Customs-siarumu paiche
 Responsibility-ñamemañe choopiniñe
 Sincerity-ucuarepare ikache
 Courtesy-reojache kutuche
 Prudence-cuasamasiche
 Guide-saache
 Rules-ikajokasie paiche

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Look at the picture and talk with your classmates about the values.
EXERCISE 5: Write a paragraph explaining how you as Korebaju member apply these
values in you daily life and why the values are important in your community.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
She is a flexible person/jao
vusajaiomo paio
I have my identity/chuu neere
paimu chuu
We are spiritual
people/chukuna rio cuasaname
He is an autonomous man/jau meñe
chuumasimu paiu
I respect other people/chuu
chekunare ñakukukomo
They are solidary people/jaana
chekunare ña oiname