Niwakashææ'ö 01.22

01.22.01

There was a pine growing in the front yard and it kept the grass from growing.

• ne' -- grammatical particle
• ne u'suyôní -- the pine is growing
• úêtô -- it's in front
• ne kanöhsút -- the house
• ne' -- grammatical particle
• tewathyöwéhak -- it prevents it
• ëwötkeu'tsöníák -- the grass will keep growing

01.22.02

I spent most of my time digging there.

• ne' -- grammatical particle
• n-uhë'syönyö' -- day after day
• wênishækwékö -- all day
• ne'hu -- there
• kyatu'kwaskwa' -- I used to dig

01.22.03

I planted an avocado tree between our house and Mrs Yawns'.

• u'khâítë' -- I planted a tree
• teka'nôtôt íkás -- avacado (lit. "alligators eat it")
• ökwanöhsawetháhö -- between our houses
• ne -- grammatical particle

01.22.04

While we lived in that house my father fenced in the back yard and bought a female golden retriever I named Penny.

• ne' -- grammatical particle
• huikê -- this
• kanöhsút -- house
• thsiyakwë'työ' -- while we lived (there)
• téútö' -- fence
• ne ha'ni -- my father
• he nö'kê' -- in the back
• ne kanöhsút -- the house
• waatsiyânínö' -- we bought a dog
• ne këö -- it's female
• ne' -- grammatical particle
• katsi'takwas -- it gets birds
• ne' -- grammatical particle
• kyasthak -- I used to call it that

01.22.05

I sometimes played under the house with a set of plastic cars I think I obtained from cornflakes packages.

• ne' -- grammatical particle
• ne kanöhsakô -- under the house
• katkánye'skwa' -- I used to play
• ka'sehta'shö'ö -- cars
• tewasha'ktös -- plastic
• kayásö -- it is called
• nikasyönya'tö -- that's what it's made out of
• ne' -- grammatical particle
• íwí -- I think
• u'kéku' -- I got it
• kaöshæ'shö'ke -- on boxes
• íwát -- it's in it
• unëöhtö'tö -- dry corn

01.22.06

I knew in what order I had got them.

• akënöhtö' -- I know
• wêtö -- when
• nae -- indeed
• u'kéku' kës -- I frequently got it
• ha'téyô -- all sorts of things
• skaya'tí -- by myself

01.22.07

The fifth one was a tan color.

• ne' -- grammatical particle
• ne wis watôtha' -- the fifth
• ne ka'sehta' -- the car
• uiskwanyë'ta'ê' -- it's tan

01.22.08

Penny would grab a car in her mouth and take off with it.

• wa'öte'sehtahôtë' -- she grabbed the car in her mouth
• ne -- grammatical particle
• yöhëtye'skwa' -- she used to take off
• khu -- and

01.22.09

She caught distemper from the neighbor's dog and soon died.

• ha'kwistë' -- something
• wa'akúâ't -- it got into her, she caught the disease
• ne tuskëö -- nearby
• tkë'työ' -- it lives there
• tsíyæ -- dog
• tsikwas -- soon
• u'katsiyækééya's -- the dog died