Niwakashææ'ö 01.45


01.45.01

Thsikeksa'aa teknyô ki'shë' únë thsiwakushiya'kö, ökwatôíshë' ne hënöteyëstahkwa' ta unë wa'aknyatyuu'tátha' ne ha'ni.

Maybe I was eight years old. I had a day off school and went to work with my father.


01.45.02

Ne' nô së thsiwakushiya'kö waakyëstë' u'skwææi ëkönya'tô', ta unë tsikwas akatyuu'tataskô.

I started bricklaying when I was three, so it didn't take me long to get into the swing of things.


01.45.03

Ne' wai hawé'ö ne ha'ni ëkatyuu'tát kës kanöhsu'k ne'hu shô he'tkë tekní teyunöhsukáêtö'.

My father gave me a straight wall on the end that just had a couple of high windows.


01.45.04

Ne' ne haksút ne u'skwææi haönya'tö' úáte' nö'wôti kanöhsút héôwe wésu' unöhsukáêtö' uthyuskwatö' khu.

My grandfather was laying bricks on the front of the house, full of windows and corners.


01.45.05

Ne' ne kakwékö nae ne ha'ni waathyúwi' ukëistö wésu' u'skwææi waönya'tô' ne héáwak huikê wênishæte' he nöönya'tô' ne haksút.

My father told everyone I laid more bricks that day than my grandfather.


01.45.06

Nae tha'kwistë' taasnye't ne haksút, ne' kwá he kakwékö waatika'êyô' te'ne' teanöe'skwa'.

My grandfather didn't say anything, but everybody saw that he didn't like it.


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