These Covid-19 messages are based upon the the simplified English work of Professor Anna Wierzbicka of the Australian National University.  The messages of information and encouragement have been recorded into several Aboriginal languages with a view to helping Aboriginal people understand and better deal with the Coronavirus pandemic.

1. Angka nhanyeman Coronavirus-akert. Mwanty iterremel angka ikwer awelh-ayntetyek.
2. Mwerr-tangkwel ayntenh anwekantherr ingkerrek, aleyanap arrangkwarl. Mwerr-weny-anem anwekantherr aynteyel.
3. Anwantherr ingkerrenh iteng-antey apmelerr anew-anenh.
4. Aleyanap arrangkwarl. Nthakenh alakenh anew-aney-angenh-anem.
5. Nthakenh anwantherr mareny angkerrey-angenh-anem.
6. Anwantherr arnerant-arey iterl-arem. Aleyan anwantherr akaltyerretyek, Coronavirus-kety arntarnt-arerr-ayntetyek.
7. Anwantherr pip-rnem thwenerrem apek, email apek, text message apek.
8. Anwantherr telephone-angkwarr angkerrem apek.
9. Lyertan arnerant-arey alakenh-anyem alpemel-ayntey. 

1. Aleyan akngerr arntety aynteyel Coronavirus-akert.
2. Arlta arrpanenhel anwantherr alakenh iterr-ayntetyek:
3. Mwerr-tangkwel ayntenh anwekantherr ingkerrek, aleyanap arrangkwarl. Mwerr-weny-anem anwekantherr aynteyel.
4. Nthakenh ayeng apmwangkwarr alakenh iterrey-angenh:
5. Aleyan inngarl ilek-ilek apmwa aynteyel anwekantherr.
6. Anwantherranap mwerr-angkwarr-antey anayntetyek. Inngarlap ran.
7. Anwantherr mwerr-angkwarr iterr-ayntetyek alakenh:
8. Apmwarl ayntemeng-arey, mwerr-antey atha mwerr ingwer-rnemek mpwarayntem.
9. Mwerr-antey atha akngerr ingwer-rnem-then apeltyelem.
10. Mwerr-antey ayeng ikwer-rnem artewenty ilkelh-ayntem.
11. Alakenhan ayeng ilkelheyel.

1. Aleyan akngerr arntety aynteyel Coronavirus-akert.
2. Arlta arrpanenhel anwantherr alakenh iterr-ayntetyek:
3. Mwerr-tangkwel ayntenh anwekantherr ingkerrek, aleyanap arrangkwarl. Mwerr-weny-anem anwekantherr aynteyel.
4. Nthakenh anwantherr aleyan aney-angenh, anwantherrarl anenh-angkwarr.
5. Anwantherr angka ingwer-rnemek-anem iterretyek arrpemarl:
6. Ingwer-ingweran anwantherr mwerrant-arey mareny anerl-aneyenh.
7. Nthakenh anwantherr ament-antey aney-angenh, arrangkw-anem.
8. Nthakenh anwantherr mwerrant-arey anayntetyek?
9. Aleyan apmwa aynteyel anwekantherr ingkerrek. Ingwer-ingweranap mwerr aynteyenh arrpemarl.
10. Anwantherr ingwer-angkwarr-anem anerl-aneyenh, mwerr-ayteng-anem.
11. Alakenh anwantherr ingkerrenh ilkelheyel.

Essential Message #1

1. This story is about Coronavirus. Think carefully and listen to it/take notice for it.
2. Coronavirus (it’s) other name (is) COVID-19.
3. (It) was good first for us all, but not now. (It’s) not good for us now.
4. In every place overseas and in Australia Coronavirus-el is giving many (people) big sickness. Right now many are dying from that sickness.
5. We want to stop/block that sickness, not pass the sickness on. So we must stay at home/the house, not going to another place now, no.
6. You might leave your house, so be careful like this:
7. Stay a little bit long way from others.
8. Don’t go near others, and don’t touch them.
9. Maybe somebody is sick without knowing, maybe with Coronavirus, maybe not. (We) don’t know. Lest (we) pass on that sickness, keep on not going close to others.
10. A sick person might breathe (out) bad breath/wind. You might breathe that bad breath/wind also. Don’t/leave it.

Essential Message #2

1. This story is about Coronavirus. Think carefully and listen to it/take notice for it.
2. (It) was good first for us all, but not now. (It’s) not good for us now.
3. Right now many are getting sick from it. Many others are dying from it now.
4. Let’s keep helping these sick ones.
5. What do/should we do?
6. Well we must all learn to help others.

Essential Message #3

1. This story is about Coronavirus. Think carefully and listen to it/take notice for it.
2. (It) was good first for us all, but not now. (It’s) not good for us now.
3. We all usually used sit around together.
4. But not now. (We) can’t sit together now.
5. We can’t talk together now in the usual way.
6. We know each other. Now we must learn to look after each other because of Coronavirus.
7. We might send paper/letter to each other, maybe email, maybe text message.
8. Maybe we could talk to each other via the telephone.
9. Today let’s help each other like this.

Essential Message #4

1. Today/now many are lying sick with Coronavirus.
2. Today/now it’s bad for us all, not like before.
3. When (things) are bad, I must look after myself well, (and) strengthen (my) spirit like this:
4. Maybe read books.
5. Maybe listen to songs.
6. Maybe write my story, maybe (a) diary.
7. I’ll talk to God, always praying to him.
8. (When it’s) might be hard for me, pray to God. I’ll just try.
9. Today I will/intend to live the good way like this.

Essential Message #5

1. Today/now many are lying sick with Coronavirus.
2. Every day we must keep on thinking like this:
3. (It) was good first for us all, but not now. (It’s) not good for us now.
4. I can’t think the wrong way like this:
5. Today truly all sorts of things are bad for us.
6. But we want/intend to keep on living the good way. That’s true.
7. We want/intend to keep on thinking the good way like this:
8. When (things) are bad, I will still keep on doing good to others.
9. (It’s) still good that I become friends with many others.
10. (It’s) still good that I strongly keep on liking them.
11. This is what I want OR I like it like this.

Essential Message #6

1. Today/now many are lying sick with Coronavirus.
2. Every day we must keep on thinking like this:
3. (It) was good first for us all, but not now. (It’s) not good now for us.
4. We can’t live now the way (we) used to.
5. Let’s think well like this:
6. Why am I sitting alive on this earth?
7. Why am I (here)?
8. How (can) I think to live the good way?
9. Some time/another time I will die, maybe soon. What must I do first, before dying?
10. I must keep talking to myself like this.
11. Today/now (it) is bad for us all. But some/another time (it) will be good again.
12. I will be living a different way, better now/then.
13. This is what I want OR I like it like this.

Essential Message #7

1. Today/now many are lying sick with Coronavirus.
2. Every day we must keep on thinking like this:
3. (It) was good first for us all, but not now. (It’s) not good now for us.
4. We can’t live now the way (we) used to.
5. We must think about other stories now also:
6. Some time/another time we will be living well/peacefully together the normal way.
7. We can’t live separately, not now.
8. How (can) we keep on living together well/peacefully?
9. Today/now (it) is bad for us all. Some time/another time (it) will be good again.
10. We will be living a different way, better now/then.
11. This is what we all want OR We all like it like this.