Niwakashææ'ö 01.09

01.09.01

The railroad shops lay between our house and the center of town.

• ka'sehtiyanúwe' -- train, railroad
• yesyôni -- people make things
• teyúkê -- it is in between
• työkwanöhsút -- our house there
• tkanötaë -- the center of town there
• khu -- and

01.09.02

There was a high fence so we could not go there.

• tekaö -- fence
• kuwánë -- it's big
• ne' -- grammatical particle
• te'aö -- it's not possible, can't
• húôwe -- over there
• ëyökwatkôtak -- we will go there

01.09.03

There was a store three blocks in one direction and another three blocks in the other.

• ne' -- grammatical particle
• síkwá -- off, away
• së -- three
• nö'tewë'nyá'é -- that many hundreds
• níyô -- that many
• niyu'ënôké -- that many bowlengths
• thatênínö -- store
• ne' -- grammatical particle
• úya'kwá -- the other way
• khu -- and
• së -- three
• nö'tewë'nyá'é -- that many hundreds
• níyô -- that many
• niyu'ënôké -- that many bowlengths
• úya' -- another
• thatênínö -- store

01.09.04

These were the center of our lives.

• akwas -- very
• akwanöe's -- we like it
• huikê -- this
• thatënínö -- store

01.09.05

You could buy candy and pop in them.

• ukwenyônö' -- it was possible, could
• ëhsínö' -- you'll buy
• ha'téyô -- all sorts of things
• uwânö' -- candy
• únekanus -- water
• uwænöe' -- it is sweet
• khu -- and

01.09.06

Most of the time we just walked there and back without buying anything.

• thúha' -- nearly
• tyutkôt -- always
• heyökwaktô -- we went straight over there
• shô -- just
• ne' -- grammatical particle
• nae -- indeed
• tha'kwistë' -- nothing
• te'ökwanínö' -- we didn't buy anything

01.09.07

None of us had any money.

• te'ökwáwistayë' -- we have no money