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House foundation – Isaendo
By Wanaku Verdzekov · · Kom & Indigenous
Date note: Undated Facebook note, written between 2011 and 2014.
Tags: kom, clans, asaendosɨ
The population of the Kom Kingdom is originally made up of a number of AsaeNdosɨ, literally "house foundations", or simply families or clans. Every Kom citizen is connected in one way or another to each of these AsaeNdosɨ.
Do you know your own?
A lack of proper documentation makes it easy for this information to be diluted in the noise of a new and busy world. Whether that is good or not is a question for the Kom people to answer.
— Wanaku Verdzekov
Reading & grammar
Reading level: Gr 7–9
Understand
- What does AsaeNdosɨ mean?
- How is every Kom citizen connected to the AsaeNdosɨ?
- What does the author say about documentation?
Grammar focus: literal and general translation. "Literally 'house foundations', or simply families or clans": the author gives the literal translation first, then the general meaning. Both help readers understand a term from another language.
Try it: Give a word from your own language with its literal and its general meaning.
Discuss: Is it important for young people to know their clan or family history? Why?