Niwakashææ'ö 01.40

01.40.01

There never was another woman as good to her grandchildren as my grandmother was, no indeed.

• akyé -- gee!
• aöhö'ö -- it is better, more
• ökhítês -- she treats us well
• ne aksút -- my grandmother
• he niyu'tê -- than
• sôká' -- someone
• kúya' -- she is another
• kës -- repeatedly

01.40.02

She never got mad at me but one time.

• auská'a -- only just that
• skát -- one
• u'kát -- time
• wa'ötehkáák -- she got angry

01.40.03

We were sitting in her haunted house in Elkins eating popcorn.

• akwanyusyútak -- we were sitting
• tyakunöhsút -- her house there
• Tekëhöké -- Elkins
• ne' -- grammatical particle
• ne tsiskë -- ghost
• huikê -- this
• kanöhsakô -- under the house
• ne' -- grammatical particle
• wahtatökwas -- popcorn
• akwateköniatye'skwa' -- we were going along eating it

01.40.04

I said no decent person ever chewed tobacco.

• hökwe'tíyú -- a good, decent man
• te'wêtö -- never
• nae -- indeed
• ne uyë'kwa' -- tobacco
• teaskanö'tha' -- he chews it

01.40.05

She said, "Now that's not so. My daddy chewed tobacco and he was a good man."

• wa'ákë' -- she said
• wai -- indeed
• ne' -- grammatical particle
• ha'ni -- my father
• uyë'kwa' -- tobacco
• teaskanö'thak -- he used to chew it
• ne' -- grammatical particle
• huikê -- this
• hökwe'tíyú -- he's a decent man