Ne' ne aksút kukhôní ku'nistu' ne kanö'tsuwánë.
My grandma was cooking corn on the cob in a big kettle.
 

• ne'  --  disjunctive particle
• ne aksút  --  my grandmother
• kukhôní  --  she's cooking it
• ku'nistu'  --  she's boiling corn on the cob
• ne kanö'tsuwánë  --  big kettle

Thsiyáé' ha'tekakôtak ëyökwanuwíya'k ne' ne unúnya' kanëhtaikhö.
First we had to husk the corn, take off the green cornhusks.
 

• thsiyáé'  --  first of all
• ha'tekakôtak  --  it was necessary, had to
• ëyökwanuwíya'k  --  we will husk the corn
• ne'  --  disjunctive particle
• ne unúnya'  --  corn husk
• kanëhtaikhö  --  green

Kenyusyútak wai ëwaskwaték nö'kê' ne ökwanöhsútak.
I sat on the porch at the back of our house that was then.
 

• kenyusyútak  --  I sat
• wai  --  indeed
• ëwaskwaték  --  porch
• nö'kê'  --  behind, out back
• ne ökwanöhsútak  --  our old house

Yenuwiya'ktha' nae te'akyeæ'tö.
I didn't use a husking pin.
 

• yenuwiya'ktha'  --  husking pin
• nae  --  indeed
• te'akyeæ'tö  --  I didn't use it

Akyææ'sé' wa'akník tekní skáé' níyô niyu'nistáké.
My cousin and I each ate twelve ears.
 

• akyææ'sé'  --  my cousin
• wa'akník  --  we two ate it
• tekní skáé'  --  twelve
• níyô  --  that many
• niyu'nistáké  --  that many corn on the cobs