Niwakashææ'ö 01.03
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01.03.01
Uhiyúne u'kënökât.
I was born in Ohio.
- Uhiyúne -- in Ohio
- u'kënökât -- I was born
01.03.02
Ti'kwa tyêkwa ne ha'ni ne'hu huiu'te' thsa'kënökât.
I do not know if my father was working there when I was born.
- ti'kwa -- I'm not sure
- tyêkwa -- if
- ne ha'ni -- my father
- ne'hu -- there
- huiu'te' -- he is working
- thsa'kënökât -- when I was born
01.03.03
Ne' húôwe yötyuu'tathe'skwa' n-ökwe'tanôke' ne Työtahsehtahkwa'ke
thunéhtö.
Lots of people from West Virginia used to work there.
- ne' -- grammatical particle
- húôwe -- over there
- yötyuu'tathe'skwa' -- people used to work there
- n-ökwe'tanôke' -- people live there
- ne Työtahsehtahkwa'ke -- West Virginia
01.03.04
Ne'hu te'yönishe'ö nae kwa', ne' së'ë tyutyeëhtö ne Työtahsehtahkwa'ke
akashææ'ö.
Anyway, we were not there long, for the first place I remember is
West Virginia.
- ne'hu -- there
- te'yönishe'ö -- for not very long
- nae -- indeed
- kwa' -- even
- ne' -- grammatical particle
- së'ë -- because
- tyutyeëhtö -- it's first
- ne Työtahsehtahkwa'ke -- West Virginia
- akashææ'ö -- I remember
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