64.1. First text: Mink and Crow
NEȾÁW̱ JE Ȼ SYÁ¸S QEWYEȻ TŦE ĆEĆIKEN.
TEW̱ WE¸OĆE U¸ ĆEN¸HENEN¸ ĆTE LE¸.
SU¸ YÁ¸S QEWYEȻ.
YÁ¸ SU¸ ĆḴEĆE¸S ¸E TŦE ĆEḴ HENEN¸.
SU¸ ȽÁÁLS TŦU¸NIȽ ĆEĆIKEN.
SU¸ QIȾS ¸E TŦE SḴEĆE¸S.
NIȽ SU¸ ĆEḰEU¸SE¸S.
QIȾ SU¸ ȻENETS I¸ ĆȺ ¸E TŦE PI¸ȻEN.
TW̱ESO¸Í¸ TŦE PI¸ȻENS.
SU¸ XOQETS TŦE HENEN¸S.
LÁ¸TES Ȼ S₭ELEṈS.
SU¸ QÁSSETS TŦE SONEU¸SE¸S.
SU¸ÍY¸.
ÁN¸ U¸ ȻȽ ÍY¸ QÁ¸LES.
I¸ ȻENITEṈ SU¸ KXITEṈS TŦE HENEN¸.
I¸ SU¸ SX̱ENIṈS WE¸OĆE ȻE EN¸ S₭ELEṈ ¸E TŦE EN¸ SĆÁÁNEW̱.
I¸ LÁ¸E SW̱ ¸E TŦE TW̱ENEWEȽ ¸E TŦE EN¸ SONEU¸SE¸ ȻE EN¸ SQEN¸IT Ȼ S¸EWES S ĆEḰ TŦE EN¸ S₭ELEṈ.
SU¸ ŦEN¸ÁĆEṈS JE TŦU¸NIȽ ĆEĆIKEN.
SU¸ SḴEU¸SENS.
SU¸ ȾOḰETS WE¸OĆE TŦE ĆENESS.
SQEN¸ITS TŦE S₭ELEṈS.
EN¸ÁN¸ U¸ ȻȽ ÍY¸ ŚḰÁLEȻENS.
ȻȽQȺ¸.
HÁ¸ NIȽ ĆTE LE¸ WE¸OĆE SU¸ QÁSSETS TŦE SXENE¸S.
SU¸ ETOTEṈS TŦU¸NIȽ.
SU¸ NEḰS.
SU¸ NEḰS, SU¸ ṮEQS TŦE SONEU¸SE¸S.
ȾENOṈESET.
SX̱EN¸IṈS JE LE¸ WE¸OĆE Ȼ SHIŦS I¸ W̱Í.
QENETES TŦE S₭ELEṈS LE¸ I¸ ȻȽEWENE STÁṈ.
TW̱HÍ OL¸ TŦE ȾOM¸ṈENS I¸ TŦE PI¸ȻENS SESÁW¸T.
SU¸ ĆEL¸ESS SU¸ QENNEW̱S TŦE SQEQOTE¸ ȽEȻÁL¸S LÁ¸E WE¸OĆE.
TU¸ȾÁ¸ȻETES TŦE ŦOŦEN Ȼ SHÍNEW̱S ȻE¸ TŦE S₭ELEṈ.
SU¸ DÁĆEKS TŦU¸NIȽ ĆEĆIKEN SU¸ XEN¸OW̱S TŦE SQEQOTE¸, "XEȽ SE¸ SW̱.
ȻENET SEN SE¸ NE SU¸ ȽEṈÁS ȻSE EN¸ ŚW̱NEḴEṈS."
SU¸ ȻENITEṈS TŦE ŚW̱NEḴEṈS TŦE SQEQOTE¸.
SU¸ ȽEṈÁṈS ¸E TȽ ĆEĆIKEN.
NIȽ ȻEĆÁ ŚW̱¸I¸TOW̱S TŦE SQEQOTE¸ Ȼ SṈO¸ETS TŦE SĆÁÁNEW̱¸ S¸OX̱E¸ ¸E TŦE U¸ STÁṈ SÁSU¸, I¸ SQȺ Ȼ SDEṈO¸EṈS¸ I¸ SQȺ Ȼ SNEḴEṈS.
NIȽ ȻEĆÁ EN¸ ŚW̱¸ELÁ¸NEW̱ TŦE SQEQOTE¸ I¸ U¸ TW̱ĆOL¸EḰ OL¸ Ȼ SḰEḰEL¸S.
NIȽ Ȼ SȽEṈÁṈS ȻE¸ ȻSÁ¸E ŚW̱NEḴEṈS Ȼ SḴÁN¸S ¸E TŦE S₭ELEṈ HENEN¸.
HÍ NE SḰEL¸ḰEL¸.
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Vocabulary
Note that the vocabulary items are translated with present tense and subjects are ‘he.’ Remember that subjects can be ‘he,’ ‘she,’ ‘it,’ or ‘they.’
| ĆȺ ‘work’ | ȽEȻÁL¸S ‘he/it pecks’ | SQȺ ‘unable’ |
| ĆEĆIKEN ‘mink’ | ȽEṈÁṈS ‘be removed’ | SQEN¸IT ‘watch it’ |
| ĆEḴ ‘big’ | ȽEṈÁS ‘remove it’ | SQEN¸ITS ‘he watches it’ |
| ĆEḰ ‘burn’ | NE ‘my’ | SQEQOTE¸ ‘crow’ |
| ĆEḰEU¸SE¸S ‘his fire’ | NEḰS ‘he sleeps’ | STÁṈ ‘something’ |
| ĆEL¸ESS ‘he looks back’ | NEȾÁW̱ ‘one time’ | SU¸ ‘so’ |
| ĆEN¸HENEN¸ ‘humpback season’ | NIȽ ‘it is’ | SW̱ ‘you’ |
| ĆENESS ‘his tooth’ | OL¸ ‘limit’ | SX̱ENIṈS ‘it is like’ |
| ĆḴEĆE¸S ‘his catch’ | PI¸ȻEN ‘barbecue stick’ | SXENE¸S ‘foot’ |
| ĆTE ‘probably’ | PI¸ȻENS ‘his barbecue stick’ | SX̱EN¸IṈS ‘it is like’ |
| Ȼ ‘Ȼ subordinate marker’ | QÁ¸LES ‘warm, hot’ | SYÁ¸S ‘he goes’ |
| ȻE ‘if/when subordinate’ | QÁSSETS ‘it gets hot’ | ŚW̱¸ELÁ¸NEW̱ ‘why hear it’ |
| ȻE¸ ‘inform’ | QENETES ‘he looks at it’ | ŚW̱¸I¸TOW̱S ‘why he likes it’ |
| ȻEĆÁ ‘therefore’ | QENNEW̱S ‘he sees it’ | ŚḰÁLEȻENS ‘his thought’ |
| ȻENET ‘take it’ | QEUYEȻ ‘fishing’ | ŚNEḴEṈS ‘why he dives’ |
| ȻENETS ‘he takes it’ | QIȾ ‘butcher’ | TEW̱ ‘exactly’ |
| ȻENITEṈ ‘is taken’ | QIȾS ‘he butchers’ | TȽ ‘article’ |
| ȻENITEṈS ‘it is taken’ | S ‘negative S’ | TŦE ‘article’ |
| ȻȽEWENE ‘already none’ | S¸OX̱E¸ ‘clam’ | TŦU¸NIȽ ‘article’ |
| ȻȽQȺ¸ ‘already hungry’ | SÁSU¸ ‘beach’ | TU¸ȾÁ¸ȻETES ‘sort of clean it’ |
| ȻȽSJÁN¸ ‘already very’ | SĆÁÁNEW̱ ‘salmon’ | TW̱ĆOL¸EḰ ‘become into the bush’ |
| ȻȽTW̱ESO¸Í¸ ‘already become ready’ | SDEṈO¸EṈS ‘he swims’ | TW̱ENEWEȽ ‘far side’ |
| ȻSÁ¸E ‘article’ | SE¸ ‘future’ | TW̱ESO¸Í¸ ‘become ready’ |
| ȻSE ‘article’ | SEN ‘I’ | TW̱HÍ ‘become finished’ |
| DÁĆEKS ‘is angry’ | SESÁW¸T ‘take to the beach’ | ŦEN¸ÁĆEṈS ‘he leans bacḱ |
| ¸E ‘preposition’ | S¸EWES ‘it is not’ | ŦOŦEN ‘mouth’ |
| EN¸ ‘your’ | SHIŦS ‘it is a long time’ | ȾENOṈESET ‘get cold’ |
| EN¸ÁN¸ ‘very’ | SHÍNEW̱S ‘he finishes it’ | ȾOḰETS ‘sucks on’ |
| ETOTEṈS ‘be put to sleep’ | S₭ELEṈ ‘barbecue’ | ȾOM¸ṈENS ‘pieces of bone’ |
| HÁ¸ ‘okay now’ | S₭ELEṈS ‘his barbecue’ | ṮEQS ‘extinguish’ |
| HENEN¸ ‘humpback salmon’ | SḴÁN¸S ‘he steals’ | U¸ ‘contrast prefix’ |
| HÍ ‘only’ | SḴEĆE¸S ‘his catch’ | U¸ ‘U-class connector’ |
| I¸ ‘I-class connector’ | SḴEU¸SENS ‘he warms his feet’ | WE¸OĆE ‘I guess’ |
| I¸ ‘conjunction’ | SḰEḰEL¸S ‘he talks’ | W̱ȻEKETEṈS ‘be opened’ |
| ÍY¸ ‘good’ | SḰEL¸ḰEL¸ ‘his talking’ | W̱Í ‘wake up’ |
| JE ‘apparently’ | SȽEṈÁṈS ‘it is removed’ | XEȽ ‘hurt’ |
| LÁ¸E ‘be there’ | SNEḴEṈS ‘he dives’ | XEN¸OW̱S ‘he says to him’ |
| LÁ¸TES ‘he prepares it’ | SṈO¸ETS ‘he eats it’ | XOQETS ‘impale, pierce’ |
| LE¸ ‘past’ | SONEU¸SE¸ ‘fire’ | YÁ¸ ‘go, leave’ |
| ȽÁÁLS ‘he goes ashore’ | SONEU¸SE¸S ‘his fire’ | YÁ¸S ‘he goes’ |