Niwakashææ'ö 01.43

01.43.01

My father's name is Ogla Dempsey McElwain, but he doesn't like anyone to know about it.

• hayásö -- he's called that
• ne ha'ni -- my father
• ne' kwá he -- but
• teanöe's -- he doesn't like it
• sôká' -- somebody
• nê -- this
• kunöhtö' -- someone knows it

01.43.02

When he was living in Oklahoma and got a new driver's license, they wrote his name wrong, Olga instead of Ogla.

• thsië'työ' -- when he lives there
• ne hekææhkwë'ske -- in the west
• wa'uyë'hi'k -- it made a mistake (perhaps: wa'akuyë'hi'k)
• nö'éyatô' -- how she wrote it
• ne' -- grammatical particle
• ne -- grammatical particle
• thë'ë -- not
• nae -- indeed
• he -- on
• waöwökáya's -- people allow him
• ëö'sehti'se' kës -- he will frequently drive

01.43.03

Indian names are impossible to spell and nearly as hard to remember.

• te'wêtö -- never
• ukwényô -- it is possible
• ëhsyátô' -- you will write it
• kawënö'shö'ö -- words
• ökwe'öwékhá' -- native, Indian
• ne' -- grammatical particle
• hae'kwa -- also
• kaiwanúô' -- it is difficult
• ësashææ'sék -- you'll keep remembering it

01.43.04

So when they moved back to West Virginia, he had to get a new driver's license.

• ta unë -- so then
• thsisáyahkét -- when the two of them went back
• sáníyö' -- the two of them arrived back
• ne Työtahsehtahkwa'ke -- in West Virginia
• ha'tekakôt -- it is necessary, have to
• ahsö' ëkát -- once again
• ëöwökáya's -- people will allow him
• ëö'sehti'se' kës -- he will frequently drive

01.43.05

The lady filled out the papers and asked him to check if everything was right.

• wa'éyatô' -- she wrote it
• waöwôôtô' -- she asked him (perhaps should be: waöwöyôôtô')
• ne' -- grammatical particle
• huikê -- that
• kakwékö -- everything
• thsa'kát -- it's the same, it's all correct

01.43.06

He didn't have his glasses, so my mother checked them.

• ne' -- grammatical particle
• teukaistayë' -- he doesn't have (his) glasses
• ne' kaiôni -- that's why
• wa'ötéyës -- she read it
• ne nu'yë -- my mother

01.43.07

She said, "But his name isn't Olga."

• nae -- indeed
• thë'ë -- not
• teayasö -- he's not called that
• wa'ákë' -- she said

01.43.08

"Well, that's what it is on his earlier license.

• ne'hu -- that
• wai -- indeed
• káyátö' -- it is written
• he -- on
• waöwökáya's -- people allow him
• ëösehti'se' kës -- he will frequently drive

01.43.09

If that's not his name you'll have to bring in his birth certificate."

• tyëëkwa -- if
• nae -- indeed
• ne'hu -- that
• teayasö -- he's not called that
• ha'tekakôt -- it is necessary, have to
• ëskniyêôni' -- you two will show me
• ne káyátö' -- it is written
• wai -- indeed
• waënökât -- he was born

01.43.10

My father was mad.

• wauhkaië -- he got mad
• ne ha'ni -- my father

01.43.11

"Why did you tell her that?

• të'ë kúwá -- why?
• ne'hu -- that
• u'sheyëös -- you told it to her

01.43.12

It doesn't matter whether it says Olga or Ogla, one's as bad as the other.

• ëkí -- or
• tekniyashé -- the both of them
• kës -- frequently
• wáétkë' -- it's bad

01.43.13

Now we've got to go to the trouble of coming in again for nothing."

• ha'tekakôt -- have to
• únë -- now
• nëkhu -- here
• ëtsityahkét -- we will come back

01.43.14

Well, when they got home they discovered that his first name was Ogla alright, right there on the birth certificate.

• ta unë -- so then
• tkanöhsút -- the house there
• huikê -- that
• káyátö' -- it is written
• waënökât -- he was born
• ne'hu -- that
• káyátö' -- it is written
• wáníkë' -- the two of them saw it

01.43.15

Only the last name was spelled wrong.

• ne' kwá he -- but
• thë'ë -- not
• thsa'teyuhtö -- it's the right one
• ne hutôní -- his father's family (??)
• huhsênö' -- his name

01.43.16

"What about putting that white stuff on it and writing over it and then making a photocopy?"

• të'ë -- what
• aatiyéâ't -- we two might use it
• ne kakêêt -- it's white
• shô -- just
• ta unë -- so then
• ukwényô -- can
• aatsitíyatô' -- we two might write it again
• ta unë -- so then
• tëtiyashe'tak -- we will make a copy of it
• shô -- just

01.43.17

So that's what they did.

• ne'hu -- that
• wai -- indeed
• nôôníyé' -- how the two of them did it (??)

01.43.18

Then they discovered the name was right on his passport, so they just took that in.

• ta unë -- so then
• wáníkë -- the two of them saw it
• ne' -- grammatical particle
• thsa'teyuhtö -- it's the right one
• ne hayásö -- he's called that
• káyátö' -- it is written
• ne waöwökáya's -- people allow him
• hahtêtye's -- he travels around
• ta unë -- so then
• hösáyahkét -- the two of them went back over there

01.43.19

It was a wonder, but they accepted his passport and gave him a driver's license with his real name on it.

• ne' -- grammatical particle
• ne uiwanëëkwat -- it is surprising
• shô -- just
• waöwökáya's -- people allow him
• wai -- indeed
• ëösehti'se' kës -- he will frequently drive
• káyátö' -- it is written
• ne huhsênö' -- his name
• ne' -- grammatical particle
• ne thsa'teyuhtö -- it's the right one

01.43.20

"What are you grinning about?" said my mother.

• të'ë kúwá -- why?
• seskátkwë's -- you're grinning, laughing
• wa'akë' -- she said
• ne nu'yë -- my mother

01.43.21

"I didn't miss a single question on the written test" he said.

• thsa'tkát -- it's the same, it's all correct
• shô -- just
• kakwékö -- all
• ne waökaötönyô' -- they asked me questions
• thusnye'ö -- he said