Niwakashææ'ö 01.37
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01.37.01
Ha'tewênishæké ta'ákwét hënöteyëstahkwa' ka'sehta'kúwá.
We came home from school every day on the city bus.
- ha'tewênishæké -- every day
- ta'ákwét -- we came from there
- hënöteyëstahkwa' -- school
- ka'sehta'kúwá -- bus (lit. "great car")
01.37.02
Wis-skáé' nikakwëni'také niyukææ', ne' kwá he kakwékö káyatöshæ'
wa'akwánínö' ne' shô washê nikakwëni'také wa'akwakánya'k.
It cost fifteen cents, but we got a book of tickets and then it was ten
cents a ticket.
- wis-skáé' -- fifteen
- nikakwëni'také -- that many cents
- niyukææ' -- the size of the price
- ne' kwá he -- but
- kakwékö -- all
- káyatöshæ' -- book
- wa'akwánínö' -- we bought it
- ne' -- grammatical particle
- shô -- just
- washê -- 10
- nikakwëni'také -- that many cents
- wa'akwakánya'k -- we paid that price
01.37.03
Ne' thsa'kakææt hatikanya'skwa' ne hatiö'tsi', ne' kwá he ha'tekakôtak
hatinyusyútak ne nö'kê' ka'sehta'kúwá.
The blacks paid the same price, but they had to sit in the back.
- ne' -- grammatical particle
- thsa'kakææt -- it's the same price
- hatikanya'skwa' -- they used to pay that price
- ne hatiö'tsi' -- the Blacks
- ne' kwá he -- but
- ha'tekakôtak -- it was necessary, used to have to
- hatinyusyútak -- they used to sit
- ne nö'kê' -- in the back
- ka'sehta'kúwá -- bus
01.37.04
Ne' shô na'u't tesatöëtsúni ëhséku' ne washê nikakwëni'také?
Ëyethsiöwôôku'?
I mean, what do you want for ten cents? A royal welcome?
- ne' -- grammatical particle
- shô -- just
- na'u't -- what
- tesatöëtsúni -- you want
- ëhséku' -- you'll get it
- ne washê -- 10
- nikakwëni'také -- that many cents
- ëyethsiöwôôku' -- you all will give them a great welcoming
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