Niwakashææ'ö 01.04
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01.04.01
Ne' tkanötaë Tekëhôké kunöhsastê' kúwë n-aksút.
My grandmother had a big house in Elkins, on Main Street.
- ne' -- grammatical particle
- tkanötaë -- in the middle of town there
- Tekëhôké -- Elkins (lit. "between the two rivers")
- kunöhsastê' -- her house is big
- kúwë -- it belongs to her
- n-aksút -- my grandmother
01.04.02
Ne' ne työtáwë hetkë ne'hu kaköhsa' kaköhsaníyôt këhsa'ke hetkë
työtawêêtha'.
The bathroom was upstairs and there was a mask hanging on the wall at the
top of the stairs.
- ne' -- grammatical particle
- ne työtáwë -- the bathroom
- hetkë -- upstairs
- ne'hu -- there
- kaköhsa' -- mask
- kaköhsaníyôt -- the mask is hanging
- këhsa'ke -- on the wall
- hetkë -- up, at the top
- työtawêêtha' -- stairs
01.04.03
Tyutkôtak ha'tekakôtak akwaksa'aa teyökwa'saië'ö aayökwákta't he työtáwë.
We children always had to run past it to get to the bathroom.
- tyutkôtak -- it always used to be
- ha'tekakôtak -- used to have to
- akwaksa'aa -- we children
- teyökwa'saië'ö -- we hurried
- aayökwákta't -- we might get there
- he työtáwë -- to the bathroom
01.04.04
Uæhtak uhtyöhtak.
It was so scary.
- uæhtak -- very, so
- uhtyöhtak -- it was scary
01.04.05
Ne'hu wai ne' nö'ôwë työtáwë thsa'kyakëhtak ne' u'katyêêkwa íwí ökeshé'
he työtawêêtha' hu'kya'të't.
Once when I came out of the bathroom it started chasing me and I fell
down the stairs.
- ne'hu -- there
- wai -- indeed
- ne' -- grammatical particle
- nö'ôwë -- it happened
- työtáwë -- bathroom
- thsa'kyakëhtak -- when I came out
- ne' -- grammatical particle
- u'katyêêkwa -- I suddenly noticed
- íwí -- I think
- ökeshé' -- it chased me
- he työtawêêtha' -- on the stairs
- hu'kya'të't -- I fell down there
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