Niwakashææ'ö 01.47
01.47.01
Hutsiyæyêtak ne aknyatênôté'.
My cousin used to have a dog.
- hutsiyæyêtak -- he used to have a dog
- ne aknyatênôté' -- my cousin
01.47.02
Ne' wai Këötanëhkwi kës hayasthak.
He called it Horse.
- ne' -- grammatical particle
- wai -- indeed
- këötanëhkwi -- horse
- kës hayasthak -- he used to repeatedly call it by that name
01.47.03
Tsikwas shô kakwékö ëkatsiyæyêta'k këötanëhkwi hatiyastha'.
Soon they were calling all dogs horse.
- tsikwas - soon
- shô -- just
- kakwékö -- all
- ëkatsiyæyêta'k -- (there will continue to be) dogs
- këötanëhkwi -- horse
- hatiyastha' -- they call it by that name
01.47.04
Kawékö nae ne akwáwatsíyæ' shô ne tsíyæ këötanëhkwi hatiyasthak.
The whole family was.
- kakwékö -- all
- nae -- indeed
- ne akwáwatsíyæ' -- our family
- shô -- just
- ne tsíyæ -- dog
- këötanëhkwi -- horse
- hatiyasthak -- they used to call it by that name
01.47.05
Ta unë ne akéhak kunöhkwa' hunötkánye'tö waathsi'wânö'.
Then one day my aunt's husband was at a ball game.
- ta unë -- and then
- ne akéhak -- my aunt
- kunöhkwa' -- her husband
- hunötkánye'tö -- they are playing a game
- waathsi'wânö' -- he went to watch it
01.47.06
Akyé ne tsíyæ katakhe'skwa' he hënötkánye'tha'ke. Ta unë u'thueet shô
"Síkwá shô ne këötanëhkwi!"
A dog ran out onto the playing field and he jumped up and shouted "Get
that horse off the field!"
- akyé -- gee, gosh
- ne tsíyæ -- dog
- katakhe'skwa' -- it was running around
- he hënötkánye'tha'ke -- on the playing field
- ta unë -- and then
- u'thueet -- he shouted out
- shô -- just
- síkwá -- away, off
- shô -- just
- ne këötanëhkwi -- horse
01.47.07
Kakwékö nae waöwöthsi'waë' ne' niu'tê huikê, ta unë waateë únë
thsaaiwaahu' ne na'u't taasnye't.
Everybody turned and looked at him like he was crazy, and he turned red
when he realised what he had said.
- kakwékö -- everyone
- nae -- indeed
- waöwöthsi'waë' -- they looked at him
- ne' -- grammatical particle
- niu'tê -- how he is
- huikê -- that
- ta unë -- and then
- waateë -- he got embarrassed
- únë -- then
- thsaaiwaahu' -- when he realized
- ne na'u't -- what sort of thing
- taasnye't -- he said
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