Course Outline

Here is the outline I plan to follow (with some minor adjustments- particularly with the grammar order) as I learn Yaqui. Again, this is from Pima Community College in Tucson, AZ.

Outline:
I. Introduction to the Yaqui Language
A.Yaqui and the Uto-Aztecan Language Family
B.Spanish Influence on Yaqui
C.The Writing System
II. The Sounds of Yaqui
A.Pronunciation Guide: Special Sounds
1.The Glottal Stop and the Rounded ‘B’
2.Short, Long, and Glottal Vowels
B.Comparison of Yaqui and English Writing Systems, with Some Notes on Spanish
III. Introduction to the Yaqui Pitch/Accent System
A.Words Showing the Contrast: Some Minimal Pairs
B.The “Typical” Pitch/Accent Pattern
IV.Introduction to Yaqui Grammar: Simple Intransitive Sentences
A.Sounds and Articles
B.Singular and Plural “Agreement”
C.Some Verbs
D.Combining Subjects and Verbs in Sentences
V.Sentences with Objects: Transitive Sentences
A.Marking Nouns as Objects
B.Using Both Subjects and Objects
1.Word Order
2.Object Marking
C.Negative Sentences: Saying “Yes” and “No”
VI.Pronouns
A.Subject Pronouns
B.Object Pronouns
C.Using Both Pronouns and Nouns in Sentences
VII.“Second Position” Subject Pronouns
VIII.Verbs and Expressing Time
A.The Imperfective Aspect
B.The Perfective Aspect and Past Time
C.Future Time
IX.Special Verbs: Singular and Plural
A.Reduplication
B.Suppletion
C.Combining Nouns and Verbs Showing Number Agreement
X.Possessive Constructions
A.Possesor Nouns
1.In Subject Phrases
2.In Object Phrases
XI.Questions: Interrogative Sentences
A.“Yes/No” Questions
B.Question Words
XII.Commands and Requests: Imperative Sentences
A.Singular and Plural Object
B.Objects
XIII.Useful Expressions: How to be Polite
A.Greetings
B.Conversations