Niwakashææ'ö 01.21

01.21.01

I have to tell what the house was like.

• ha'tekakôt -- have to, must
• ëkathyúwi' -- I will tell about it
• ne' -- grammatical particle
• nikanöhsu'tê -- what kind of house it is
• ne akwanöhsút -- our house

01.21.02

The house was covered with asbetos siding.

• ne' -- grammatical particle
• na-ste -- outside
• ne kanöhsút -- the house
• kasyönya'tö -- it's made out of it
• te'ëyúték -- asbestos (lit. "it will not burn")

01.21.03

You went up four concrete steps to get to the little porch and front door.

• kéí ëkát -- four times
• hetkë -- up
• ëhsashêta't -- you will step
• unöwö'tá' kaskwáá' -- concrete (lit. "limestone-in-it rock")
• ne'hu -- there
• niwu'uu -- it's tiny
• waskwáte' -- porch
• ëtsyö' -- you will go in
• he kahua' -- at the door

01.21.04

The first room, the largest, was the living room.

• ne' -- grammatical particle
• tyutyeëhtö -- it is first
• ne unöktastê' -- the big room
• huikê -- this
• kaöhéne -- the living room

01.21.05

It contained the red couch and baby grand piano we had brought from West Virginia.

• ne'hu -- there, that
• íká' -- it contains it
• kanöktakô -- in the room
• ne usheæ'ê' -- it is purple
• yenyusyutastahkwa' -- couch
• ne' -- grammatical particle
• khu -- and
• ne niwa'aa -- it is small
• yötënutastahkwa' -- musical instrument, piano
• ne' -- grammatical particle
• ne Työtahsehtahkwa' -- West Virginia
• työkwaöshêô -- we brought the box here

01.21.06

In addition my father had made a magazine table of wood.

• ne' -- grammatical particle
• ne ha'ni -- my father
• husyôní -- he made it
• yéyatöshætöhnyëhkwa' -- magazine table (lit. "people use it for putting papers away in")
• uyêta' -- wood
• kasyönya'tö -- it is made out of it

01.21.07

It was rectangular and had two compartments, one opening on the end and one on the side.

• ne' -- grammatical particle
• wai -- indeed
• teyutukehö'ö -- it's rectangular (lit. "it's squarish")
• ne' -- grammatical particle
• íká' -- it contains it
• khu -- and
• teyuhakwête' -- it has an opening in it
• útu'k -- it's at the end
• úya' -- other
• khu -- and
• swáti -- it's on the other side
• teyuhakwête' -- it has an opening in it

01.21.08

The four legs were also made of the same laminated slabs of wood, cut in a graceful, modern shape.

• kéí -- four
• hukë'sæhkö -- he put legs under it
• ne' -- grammatical particle
• kasyönya'tö -- it's made out of it
• thsa'kát -- it's the same
• kayëtatëhtêônyö' -- flat slabs of wood
• ne' -- grammatical particle
• kayëtya'ktö -- the wood is cut
• kaya'tíyu's -- the forms are beautiful

01.21.09

The laminated edges were painted black.

• ne' -- grammatical particle
• ne kayëtatëhtêônyö' -- flat slabs of wood
• waaa'keshö' -- it's on the edges
• utsëësta'ê' -- it's black
• uhsuö -- it is colored

01.21.10

Toward the back of the house through a double doorway was the dining room.

• nö'kë'kwá -- towards the back
• unôkta' yötekhöníne -- dining room (lit. "room people-eat-at")
• tekahúákwët -- double doorway
• ëhsanôkut -- you'll go through the opening

01.21.11

To the right from the dining-room was the kitchen.

• heyötekhöníne -- the dining room over there
• hëhséhtak -- you will go over there
• seyëöstôkwá -- to your right
• he yekhôni -- to the kitchen

01.21.12

From the kitchen there was a door going to the back yard.

• ne'hu -- there
• ukwényô -- can
• hëtsyakëhtak -- you will right over there
• ne nö'kê' -- it's in the back
• kanöhsút -- house

01.21.13

There was a side porch, screened-in I think, from the living room to the right.

• ne'hu -- there
• kaöhéne -- living room
• kayëöstôkwá -- to the right
• waskwa'huö -- screened-in porch
• íwí -- I think

01.21.14

The hallway on the left side of the living room went to two bedrooms and a bathroom.

• ne' -- grammatical particle
• thsetkwáti -- on your left side
• hëtsyakëhtak -- you'll go right over there
• he kaöhéne -- to the living room
• ne'hu -- there
• tekanöktáké ne kuta'was -- two bedrooms
• ne' -- grammatical particle
• khu -- and
• ne työtáwë -- the bathroom

01.21.15

My parents had the front bedroom and I the back one.

• ne' -- grammatical particle
• ne ha'ni -- my father
• nu'yë -- my mother
• khu -- and
• thunita'waskwa' -- they used to sleep there
• ne úêtô -- it's in front
• unökta'ke -- in the room
• ne' -- grammatical particle
• n-í'a -- I, me
• akita'waskwa' -- I used to sleep
• ne nö'kê' -- behind, in the back

01.21.16

I suppose the welfare kids slept with me, but I don't remember.

• ne' -- grammatical particle
• nô -- probably
• ökwëta'waskwa' -- we all used to sleep
• ne hatiksa'aa -- the boys
• ne teöwötisnyea' -- people are taking care of them
• ne'hu -- there, that
• kwá -- but
• te'akashææ'ö -- I don't remember