Teyaknyatkánye'skwa'
Tuskëö nae työkwanöhsút
thë'tyôtak ne Ricky Bass.
Ricky Bass lived near our house.
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tuskëö -- nearby
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nae -- indeed
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työkwanöhsút -- our house
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thë'tyôtak -- he used to live there
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ne Ricky Bass -- Ricky Bass
Ne' wai ne wêtö ti'kwa teyaknyatkánye'skwa'.
Sometimes we used to play together.
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ne' -- disjunctive particle
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wai -- indeed
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ne wêtö ti'kwa -- sometimes
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teyaknyatkánye'skwa' -- we used to play together
Ne' n-únë te'akashææ'ö
të'ë kúwá u'tyakniiwakéha'.
I don't remember what caused us to argue.
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ne' -- disjunctive particle
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n-únë -- then
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te'akashææ'ö -- I don't remember
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të'ë kúwá -- why
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u'tyakniiwakéha' -- we argued
Ukwényô íwí ne hu'ni
waë' ne' te'aö ëyaknyatkányé' kës.
I think it may have been that his father told him he couldn't play
with me.
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ukwényô -- it is possible
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íwí -- I think
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ne hu'ni -- his father
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waë' -- he said
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ne' -- disjunctive particle
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te'aö -- can't
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ëyaknyatkányé' -- we will play toether
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kës -- repeatedly
Nö'yönishe't ta'teyaknyatkánye'skwa'.
Then we didn't play for a long time.
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nö'yönishe't -- for a long time
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ta'teyaknyatkánye'skwa' -- we used to not play together
Ta unë nö'ôwë uka'stææ'ke
akwatkánye'skwa' shô, ne' únë waa'se' teka'sehta'
teka'niskææyë' ne'hu huikê uka'stææ'ke.
One day some of us children were playing in a mud-puddle, and then
he rode his bicycle through the puddle.
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ta unë -- and then
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nö'ôwë -- it happened
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uka'stææ'ke -- in the mud puddle
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akwatkanye'skwa' -- we were playing
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shô -- just
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ne' -- disjunctive particle
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únë -- then
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waa'se' -- he rode it
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teka'sehta' teka'niskææyë' -- bicycle
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ne'hu -- there
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huikê -- that
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uka'stææ'ke -- in the mud puddle
Akwaksa'shö'ö kakwékö nae
wa'akwatya'tatkit.
All of us children got dirty.
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akwaksa'shö'ö -- us children
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kakwékö -- all
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nae -- indeed
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wa'akwatya'tatkit -- we got dirty
Akhistö wai ne teka'niskææyë'
waeya'tyénët ne Ricky.
I pushed his bicycle over and Ricky fell down.
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akhistö -- I pushed it
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wai -- indeed
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ne teka'niskææyë' -- bicycle
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waeya'tyénët -- he fell down
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ne Ricky -- Ricky
Waastaë' waahtêti' shô.
He started crying and went home.
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waastaë' -- he started crying
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waahtêti' -- he went home
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shô -- just
Hatínyö'ö.
They were White people.
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hatínyö'ö -- they are White people
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