Niwakashææ'ö 01.12

01.12.01

Then we lived on the south side of town near a Missionary Baptist church.

• ta unë -- so then
• akwanökek -- we used to live
• unenö'ke -- in the south
• nö'wôti -- on that side
• kanötayë' -- town
• tuskë -- near
• heutiya'tayeistahkwa' -- church
• ne höwöti'skús -- Baptists
• ne' -- grammatical particle
• hatiwënutatye's -- they preach

01.12.02

I would lie in bed and listen to them singing late into the night.

• unökta'ke -- in bed
• katyashëtahkwak -- I used to lie
• kathötatye'skwa' -- I used to listen along
• n-unötënutatye' -- they're singing along
• wahsötakwékö -- all night

01.12.03

Only Blacks went there.

• ne'hu -- there
• auská'a -- only
• hatiö'tsi' -- Blacks
• hêne's -- they're there

01.12.04

They would line out hymns in five and eight-part singing hour after hour it seemed.

• tethënöhnö'nethak -- they used to add one after another there
• hunötênút -- they're singing
• wis -- five
• ëkí -- or
• teknyô -- eight
• níyô -- that many
• niatiwënöké -- that many of their voices
• aayê' -- it seems
• akwas -- very
• nëyönishe'kêôk -- how long the time will continue on

01.12.05

Or they would sing spirituals and clap their hands and stamp their feet.

• ta unë -- so then
• unötênút -- they're singing
• kaö'tsikhá' -- spirituals (lit. "Black-style")
• hënë'nya'eskwa' -- they used to clap their hands
• hënöshëta'skwa' -- they used to stamp their feet
• khu -- and

01.12.06

The preaching sounded almost like the singing.

• hatëthææni -- he preaches; the preacher
• niyu'tê -- the way it is
• hatënutha' -- he sings

01.12.07

Twenty-five years later I went there with my wife and daughter.

• twashê wis-skáé' -- twenty-five (in Old Style counting)
• thsa'ushíya'k -- when years passed
• ne'hu -- there
• hwa'ákwét -- we all went over there
• khéáwak -- my daughter
• aknöhkwa' -- my spouse
• khu -- and

01.12.08

The church was still the same, and so was the singing and preaching.

• thsa'kát -- it's the same one
• ahsö' -- still
• ne heutiya'tayeistahkwa' -- church
• ahsö' -- still
• hënötënútha' -- they sing
• hënötëthææni -- they preach
• khu -- and

01.12.09

Only they had put window units in for air-conditioning, so they did not sing with all the windows open any more.

• ne' kwá -- but
• unöhsukaëtö'ke -- in the windows
• yöthuwæstahkwa' -- air-conditioner
• ne' -- grammatical particle
• kwa' -- even
• thë'ë -- not
• te'uötyô -- it's not open
• ne utkathwasyu'shö'ö -- windows
• thsiunötênút -- when they're singing