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Sashënyönyashæ' nae shawi' huikê sayáá'?
Are you carrying your belongings in that bag?
 


Akíwááhwë ha'kwistë' sáyë' íká'.
I realized you had something there.
 


Ukwényô ësêta' huikê sayææ'ke?
Can you sleep in that bag (mattress)?
 


Ne' shô akatëtunya'tö.
I'm just joking.
 


Akënúwê së'ë ha'téyô teyute'saistö akéthá'.
I'm a liar from talking too much.
 


Sênö ësanö'khwë.
Don't get mad.
 


Su't, ëköyutka', akwas teyustææthe' ne sake'æ'.
Here, let me comb your hair, it's so shiny.
 


Kusyôní ne ake'yuhkwa' ne thétë'.
I had my tail-feathers done yesterday.
 


Nêkê néwa' akeyëstö he niyu'tê uwâé'.
Now I am as good-looking as a swan.
 


Ne' ne kaiôni hetkë' akashëta'ö.
That's why I'm stepping high.
 


Sasháék ëkêôk ne niwa'aa sayáá' ëtwatkææ'.
Be careful your little bag doesn't come apart.
 


Akéhak kuyææyë' khu he niyu'tê huikê uyáá'.
My aunt has a bag like that too.
 


Únekanus ëhsnekeæ'?
Do you want a drink?
 


Tuskëö nëkhu únekitkëö'.
There's a spring near here.
 


Únekanus aaknekeæ' kanö'khwishâyë' khu aakék.
I would drink water if there were any sweetened corn to eat too.
 


Ísé nô ustakwææé' nêkê únekitkëö', kwá he akwas utúka't.
You think there's dirt in the spring, but it's very clear.
 


U'sáôk ne' sôká' kuthe'tö ëkí ha'kwistë' yeyêsyös?
Do you hear somebody pounding corn or skinning something?
 


Thë'ë, sôká' auska'a ashukwahta' kukétë.
No, it's just somebody scraping their pipe after all.
 


Sôká' íwí ökhiyatkaëö' yetseutha' khu nö'kê' uta'ææ' wa'ötahset.
I think somebody is watching us and smoking, hidden there.
 


Tesaakáhát ukwényô ëhsahtyök sahtyawêêtö.
Lie down on your back with your legs spread and you can scare it away with your menstruation.
 


Sênö ëskéhwas, ne' shô akatëtunya'tö, akënöhtö' ne' snéô.
Don't blame me, I'm only joking, I know you're pregnant..
 


Khénú' khu yenéô, te'akunö'kú'.
My step-daughter's pregnant too, she's capable of anything.
 


Aayê' te'awatutyêyék ne kushéwa'.
It looks like her belly didn't shrink.
 


Ustáôwö' nae aayék.
She should eat marrow.
 


Satkáthu he niyúwe' työkwéhtö.
Look how far we have come.
 


Ne' nêkê kayêta' awënutkææte'.
This game is fun.
 


Akatsëhtö shô aakya'tayénë't u'sheæ'ke.
I'm so tired I could fall over in the pokeweed.
 



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