Niwakashææ'ö 01.26

01.26.01

My mother's uncle was a dentist.

• ne' -- grammatical particle
• ne hanu'tsôni -- he's a dentist (lit. "he makes teeth")
• ne nu'yë -- my mother
• shakunu'së -- her uncle

01.26.02

He died last year I guess.

• ne' -- grammatical particle
• nô -- probably
• tayúshât uæhtö -- last year
• waunu'sëkééya's -- the uncle died

01.26.03

I remember him coming to see us once when I was four years old.

• akashææ'ö -- I remember
• wai -- indeed
• ne -- grammatical particle
• u'shökwatyö's -- he visited us
• kéí -- four
• thsiwakushiya'kö -- when I had reached that age

01.26.04

He was shaving in the bathroom.

• ne' -- grammatical particle
• wai -- indeed
• waayu'haethsíya'k -- he shaved
• he työtáwë -- in the bathroom

01.26.05

I came to the door and pulled my mouth open with my fingers so he could see my teeth.

• u'kyö' -- I came, I arrived
• wai -- indeed
• he ëkahúték -- to the door
• u'kë'nyashúâ -- I pried it open with my fingers
• tewakaskææ'wë -- I opened my mouth
• aaaknu'tsakênô' -- he might see my teeth

01.26.06

I guess I had a tooth-ache.

• ne' -- grammatical particle
• nô -- probably
• aknu'tsanöökte' -- I have a tooth-ache.

01.26.07

Anyway, he said "That's aggravating."

• ne' -- grammatical particle
• nae -- indeed
• kwa' -- even
• waë' -- he said
• ne' -- grammatical particle
• shô -- just
• tewaknöwehææni -- it aggravates me

01.26.08

I went away satisfied with the diagnosis.

• u'kahtêti' -- I left
• shô -- just
• ne' -- grammatical particle
• ökö'ésha' -- it satisfied me
• ne na'u't -- what
• taasnye't -- he said it

01.26.09

I thought he said "aggravated."

• teyu'nöwehææni -- it's aggravated
• nithusnye'ö -- what he said
• wihiak -- I thought