Niwakashææ'ö 01.10

01.10.01

We lived in Tallahassee, Florida.

• kanötakëstánö' -- Tallahassee
• Teka'nötötúnö'ke -- in Florida
• akwë'tyôtak -- we lived there

01.10.02

The first place we lived was an old plantation house in the woods.

• tawatyéêt -- it was first
• akwanöke' -- we live there
• thatiyëthwaskwa' -- they used to farm there
• kanöhsastê' -- big house
• kahatakô -- in the woods

01.10.03

I guess someone had been killed there.

• sôká' -- someone
• íwí -- I think
• ne'hu -- there
• höwônyú -- someone has killed him

01.10.04

We could hear the footsteps of a ghost walking in the night.

• wahsötatek -- at night, in the past
• wa'ökwakéni' kës -- we frequently could
• ëyökwáôk kës -- we'll frequently hear it
• ne tsiskë -- a ghost
• ne'hu -- there
• hathaine'skwa' -- he was walking around

01.10.05

People said it was just squirrels, but my father said it wasn't.

• ne' -- grammatical particle
• shô -- just
• tsu'ktakö'shö'ö -- squirrels
• yôtö -- people say
• ne' kwá he -- but
• thë'ë -- not
• waë' -- he said
• ne ha'ni -- my father
• thusnye'ö -- he said