Niwakashææ'ö 01.19

01.19.01

My mother wanted more children, but my father thought we were too poor to have more.

• ne' -- grammatical particle
• ne nu'yë -- my mother
• teyakutöëtsúní -- she wanted
• wésu' -- a lot, many
• hatiksa'shö'ö -- children
• ne' kwá he -- but
• ne ha'ni -- my father
• thusnye'ö -- he said
• ne' -- grammatical particle
• wai -- indeed
• te'ökwáwistayênö' -- we didn't have money
• te'ökwatö'se'ö -- we don't have enough of it

01.19.02

So my mother got them from the welfare services.

• ne' -- grammatical particle
• wai -- indeed
• kaiôni -- that's why
• wa'eksa'takwa'hô' -- she got a bunch of children
• ne hatiksa'tasnyestahkwa' -- welfare services (lit. "they use it for taking care of children")

01.19.03

The first one we had was a nine-month-old baby girl that was sick and cried a lot.

• ne' -- grammatical particle
• ne tyutyeëhtö -- it was first
• yeksa'aa -- girl
• wa'akwaksa'taku' -- we got the child
• ne' -- grammatical particle
• ne utöni'aa -- a baby
• tyuhtô -- nine
• níyô -- that many
• niyakuwêni'tya'kö -- she had reached that age in months
• ne' -- grammatical particle
• ne niyæ'aa -- the little baby
• kunööktáni -- she's sick
• teyakuhsëthwaskô -- she cries easily

01.19.04

I tried desparately to take care of her.

• akwas -- very
• u'tkatúkë kës -- I frequently tried very hard
• ëkhésnyé' -- I will take care of her

01.19.05

I think we had her for a week.

• ne' -- grammatical particle
• ne työkwanöhsút -- our house there
• íwí -- I think
• nö'tewatëtae' -- one week
• tye'tyôtak -- she stayed there

01.19.06

Then we got three boys, two bigger than I and one smaller.

• ta unë -- so then
• wa'ökwaku' -- we got it
• së -- three
• niatiksa'také -- that many boyes
• ne' -- grammatical particle
• ne téní -- the two of them
• aöhö'ö -- more
• hnuwánë -- the two of them are big
• nínya' -- how big the two of them are
• he nikya'tu'tê -- then me
• ne' -- grammatical particle
• khu -- and
• ne niu'uu -- he is tiny
• haksa'aa -- boy

01.19.07

The bigger one hit me in the stomach.

• ne' -- grammatical particle
• ne hakëhtsi -- he is old
• wáákyët -- he hit me
• ne aketkwista'ke -- on, in my stomach

01.19.08

I promptly got revenge by hitting his little brother in the stomach.

• waenyathsís -- I paid him back for it
• wáéyët -- I hit him
• ne hu'kê' -- his younger brother
• hutkwista'ke -- on, in his stomach

01.19.09

Then I felt sorry for him and decided that revenge is best got on the perpetrator himself.

• ta unë -- so then
• wáétê' -- I felt sorry for him
• ne' -- grammatical particle
• kaiôni -- that's why
• aké'ö -- I decided
• ne' -- grammatical particle
• aöhö' -- more, it's better
• aaéyët -- I might hit him
• huikê -- this
• ne'hu -- there, that
• wáátyé' -- he did it
• aaenyáthsís -- I might pay him back for it