Ne Súwæk
Uiwa' Kéí
Sashënyönyashæ' nae shawi' huikê
sayáá'?
Are you carrying your belongings in that bag?
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sashënyönyashæ' -- your belongings
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nae -- indeed
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shawi' -- you are carrying it
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huikê -- that
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sayáá' -- your bag
Akíwááhwë ha'kwistë'
sáyë' íká'.
I realized you had something there.
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akíwááhwë -- I realized it
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ha'kwistë' -- something
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sáyë -- you have it
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íká' -- it is in there
Ukwényô ësêta' huikê
sayææ'ke?
Can you sleep in that bag (mattress)?
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ukwényô -- can
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ësêta' -- you will sleep
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huikê -- that
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sayææ'ke -- in your bag, in your mattress
Ne' shô akatëtunya'tö.
I'm just joking.
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ne' -- disjunctive particle
-
shô -- just
-
akatëtunya'tö -- I'm joking
Akënúwê së'ë ha'téyô
teyute'saistö akéthá'.
I'm a liar from talking too much.
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akënúwê -- I'm a liar
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së'ë -- because
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ha'téyô -- all sorts of things
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teyute'saistö -- it is too much
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akéthá' -- I'm talking
Sênö ësanö'khwë.
Don't get mad.
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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.
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su't -- here, well then
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ëköyutka' -- I will comb your kair
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akwas -- very
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teyustææthe' -- it is shiny
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ne sake'æ' -- your hair
Kusyôní ne ake'yuhkwa' ne thétë'.
I had my tail-feathers done yesterday.
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kusyôní -- someone did it
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ne ake'yuhkwa' -- my tail feathers
-
ne thétë' -- yesterday
Nêkê néwa' akeyëstö
he niyu'tê uwâé'.
Now I am as good-looking as a swan.
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nêkê néwa' -- now, nowadays
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akeyëstö -- I look good
-
he niyu'tê -- as
-
uwâé' -- swan
Ne' ne kaiôni hetkë' akashëta'ö.
That's why I'm stepping high.
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ne' -- disjunctive particle
-
ne kaiôni -- that's why
-
hetkë' -- up, high
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akashëta'ö -- I'm stepping
Sasháék ëkêôk ne
niwa'aa sayáá' ëtwatkææ'.
Be careful your little bag doesn't come apart.
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sasháék -- be careful
-
ëkêôk -- otherwise
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ne niwa'aa -- it is small
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sayáá' -- your bag
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ëtwatkææ' -- it will come apart
Akéhak kuyææyë' khu he
niyu'tê huikê uyáá'.
My aunt has a bag like that too.
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akéhak -- my aunt
-
kuyææyë' -- she has a bag
-
khu -- too
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he niyu'tê -- as, like
-
huikê -- that
-
uyáá' -- bag
Únekanus ëhsnekeæ'?
Do you want a drink?
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únekanus -- water, a drink
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ëhsnekeæ' -- you will drink
Tuskëö nëkhu únekitkëö'.
There's a spring near here.
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tuskëö -- nearby
-
nëkhu -- here
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únekitkëö' -- water emerges
Únekanus aaknekeæ' kanö'khwishâyë'
khu aakék.
I would drink water if there were any sweetened corn to eat too.
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únekanus -- water
-
aaknekéâ' -- I might drink it
-
kanö'khwishâyë' -- sweetened corn
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khu -- too
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aakék -- I might eat it
Ísé nô ustakwææé'
nêkê únekitkëö', kwá he akwas utúka't.
You think there's dirt in the spring, but it's very clear.
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ísé - you think
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nô -- perhaps
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ustakwææé' -- there's mud in it
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nêkê -- this
-
únekitkëö' -- spring
-
kwá he -- but
-
akwas -- very
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utúka't -- it is clear
U'sáôk ne' sôká' kuthe'tö
ëkí ha'kwistë' yeyêsyös?
Do you hear somebody pounding corn or skinning something?
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u'sáôk -- you hear
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ne' -- disjunctive particle
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sôká' -- someone
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kuthe'tö -- someone is pounding corn
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ëkí -- or
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ha'kwistë' -- something
-
yeyêsyös -- someone is skinning it
Thë'ë, sôká' auska'a ashukwahta'
kukétë.
No, it's just somebody scraping their pipe after all.
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thë'ë -- no, not
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sôká' -- somebody
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auska'a -- only, just
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ashukwahta' -- smoking pipe
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kukétë -- someone is scraping it
Sôká' íwí ökhiyatkaëö'
yetseutha' khu nö'kê' uta'ææ' wa'ötahset.
I think somebody is watching us and smoking, hidden there.
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sôká' -- someone
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íwí -- I think
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ökhiyatkaëö' -- someone is watching us
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yetseutha' -- someone is smoking
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khu -- too
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nö'kê' -- behind
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uta'ææ' -- veil
-
wa'ötahset -- someone has hidden themselves
Tesaakáhát ukwényô ëhsahtyök
sahtyawêêtö.
Lie down on your back with your legs spread and you can scare it
away with your menstruation.
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tesaakáhát -- lie down on your back with your
legs spread apart
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ukwényô -- can
-
ëhsahtyök -- you will scare it away
-
sahtyawêêtö -- you are menstruating
Sênö ëskéhwas, ne' shô
akatëtunya'tö, akënöhtö' ne' snéô.
Don't blame me, I'm only joking, I know you're pregnant..
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sênö ëskéhwas -- don't blam me
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ne' -- disjunctive particle
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shô -- just
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akatëtunya'tö -- I'm joking
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akënöhtö' -- I know
-
ne' -- disjunctive particle
-
snéô -- you're pregnant
Khénú' khu yenéô, te'akunö'kú'.
My step-daughter's pregnant too, she's capable of anything.
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khénú' -- my step-daughter
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khu -- too
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yenéô - she's pregnant
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te'akunö'kú' -- she's capapble of anything
Aayê' te'awatutyêyék ne kushéwa'.
It looks like her belly didn't shrink.
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aayê' -- it seems
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te'awatutyêyék -- it didin't shrink
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ne kushéwa' -- her belly
Ustáôwö' nae aayék.
She should eat marrow.
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ustáôwö' -- marrow
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nae -- indeed
-
aayék -- she should eat it
Satkáthu he niyúwe' työkwéhtö.
Look how far we have come.
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satkáthu -- look at it
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he niyúwe' -- how far it is
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työkwéhtö -- we have come
Ne' nêkê kayêta' awënutkææte'.
This game is fun.
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ne' -- disjunctive particle
-
nêkê -- this
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kayêta' -- game
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awënutkææte' -- it 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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akatsëhtö -- I'm tired
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shô -- just
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aakya'tayénë't -- I might fall over
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u'sheæ'ke -- in the pokeweed
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