Niwakashææ'ö 01.20
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01.20.01
Ne' ne tsyeya'tát ha'téyô yötyéthak ne Mrs Yawns, ne' kwá he
thë'ë te'akíwaahwë.
One perpetrator of course was Mrs Yawns, but I didn't realize it.
- ne' -- grammatical particle
- ne tsyeya'tát -- she alone, by herself, one woman
- ha'téyô -- all sorts of things
- yötyéthak -- she used to do it
- ne -- grammatical particle
- ne' kwá he -- but
- thë'ë -- not
- te'akíwaahwë -- I didn't realize it
01.20.02
Ne' shô khetkë' nö'khéyé'.
What I did to her I did out of pure meanness.
- ne' -- grammatical particle
- shô -- just
- khetkë' -- I am bad, evil
- nö'khéyé' -- how I did it to her
01.20.03
Ne' thsitinyusyút ne kaöhéne wa'öthsi'wáê' ne kaya'tahá' kaöshæ'ke,
ne' ne Texas Christians teunötukëhtö ne Georgia Tech íwí.
I was sitting with her in her living room and she was watching the Texas
Christians on tv play Georgia Tech I think it was.
- ne' -- grammatical particle
- thsitinyusyút -- when we two were sitting
- ne kaöhéne -- in her living room
- wa'öthsi'wáê' -- she watched
- ne kaya'tahá'kaöshæ'ke -- television
- ne' -- grammatical particle
- ne -- grammatical particle
- teunötukëhtö -- they played
- ne -- grammatical particle
- íwí -- I think
01.20.04
Ne huikê yenöe's ne Christians, ne' kwá he te'akashææ'ö sô u'thatikêni'.
She was for the Christians, but I don't remember who won.
- ne -- grammatical particle
- huikê -- this
- yenöe's -- she likes
- ne -- grammatical particle
- ne' kwá he -- but
- te'akashææ'ö -- I don't remember
- sô -- who
- u'thatikêni' -- they won
01.20.05
Ëhsihsák shô ne kushéne nö'tewë'nya'eshæshê tyuhtô niwë'nya'é wis
niwashê wis-skáé' watôtha'.
Look it up in the winter of 1955.
- ëhsihsák -- you will look for it
- shô -- just
- ne kushéne -- in the winter
- nö'tewë'nya'eshæshê -- one thousand
- tyuhtô -- nine
- niwë'nya'é -- that many hundreds
- wis -- five
- niwashê -- that many tens
- wis-skáé' watôtha' -- fifth (old-style counting)
01.20.06
Ne' ne teënötkênye's wihiak aayê' ökekëë'të', ne' kaiôni
ha'kwistë' nëwôhë ne' akaska'shö'ö kahsi'tatki's u'kekéô' yehsinö'ke.
I thought it was kind of boring, so I livened up things by putting my
dirty bare feet on her legs.
- ne' -- grammatical particle
- ne -- grammatical particle
- teënötkênye's -- they're playing
- wihiak -- I thought
- ökekëë'të' -- it bored me
- ne' -- grammatical particle
- kaiôni -- that's why
- ha'kwistë' -- something
- nëwôhë -- how it will be alive
- ne' -- grammatical particle
- akaska'shö'ö -- I'm barefoot
- kahsi'tatki's -- dirty feet
- u'kekéô' -- I laid it down
- yehsinö'ke -- on her leg
01.20.07
Thsa'éyö' työkwanöhsút ëkáôwi' ne nu'yë, ne' u'tkét tuskë kahukáêt
u'këëhsêthu' kës, "Síkwá!" u'ki'.
When she came over to our house to tell my mother, I stood on the porch
and kicked and said "Git!"
- thsa'éyö' -- when she came
- työkwanöhsút -- our house there
- ëkáôwi' -- she will tell
- ne nu'yë' -- my mother
- ne' -- grammatical particle
- u'tkét -- I stood up
- tuskë -- near
- kahukáêt -- the doorway
- u'këëhsêthu' kës -- I kicked frequently
- síkwá -- away
- u'ki' -- I said
01.20.08
Nae ta'tewakatöëtsúni ne' ne nu'yë ëyeyête't ne na'u't nö'kéyé'.
I wasn't about to let my mother find out I had done a thing like that.
- nae -- indeed
- ta'tewakatöëtsúni -- I didn't want
- ne' -- grammatical particle
- ne nu'yë -- my mother
- ëyeyête't -- she will learn
- ne na'u't -- what
- nö'kéyé' -- I did it
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