64.2. Second text: Cordova Bay
NEȾÁW̱ ¸E Ȼ SXEU¸SOLEȻEȽS TŦE SWIW¸LES.
I¸ EN¸ÁN¸ WE¸OĆE U¸ ÍY¸ TŦE SYEWENS TŦU¸NIȽ.
͸NOṈET ¸E Ȼ SĆYEWENS.
I¸ U¸ SĆU¸ÁT Ȼ SDḰISETS I¸ U¸ ÁN¸ U¸ ÍY¸ Ȼ SNI¸NU¸S I¸ ȻȽ SXEU¸SOLEȻEȽS.
NIȽ JE SE¸ ȻEĆÁ SU¸ HÍS Ȼ SXEU¸SOL¸ȻȽS.
I¸ NIȽ LE¸ U¸ SX̱ENIṈS ȻSE ȻȽHIŦ; NIȽ U¸ ĆELÁṈENS.
SU¸ ȻENETS TŦE SHOĆEȻESS.
SU¸ ȽEṈÁSS.
ĆX̱ISET.
NIȽ SNÁ ¸E TŦE SMIȽE.
SU¸ ȻENET TŦE SHOĆEȻESS I¸ TŦE KOȻES I¸ TŦE ṮEȾÁĆEN¸S I¸ TŦE ḴETSENTENS SĆESE¸ḰS.
SU¸ YÁ¸S ŦOṈTES.
YÁ¸ OX̱TW̱ES.
YÁ¸ ¸E Ȼ SŚW̱LÁ¸ES Ȼ S¸EWES ĆEN¸TÁṈ I¸ YÁ¸ TES STÁṈ EȽTÁLṈEW̱ I¸ QENNES TŦE SHOĆEȻESS.
SU¸ YÁ¸S ŦOṈ TŦU¸NIȽ SWIW¸LES.
SU¸ TW̱EĆOL¸EḰS.
SU¸ TESNESS TŦE XPȺ¸.
SU¸ ȻENETS TŦE SHOĆEȻESS.
SU¸ NEW¸ÁSS ¸E TŦÁ¸E XPȺ¸.
TEW̱ JE ȻEĆÁ U¸ HÍ Ȼ SÁ¸EL¸ETS TŦÁ¸E SHOĆEȻESS I¸ Ȼ STW̱ENIȽ ¸E TŦE EȽTÁLṈEW̱ ȻE U¸ STÁṈ¸ES SṮÁLEḴEM.
S¸Í¸ELES WE¸OĆE ȻE U¸ STÁṈES.
SU¸ ḰÁL¸TEṈS.
SU¸ XEN¸ÁTEṈS TŦU¸NIȽ SWIW¸LES Ȼ STW̱EXĆITS ¸E TŦE TW̱ESYEW¸E.
TW̱EXĆITES SE¸ ȻE U¸ STOṈETES SE¸ TŦE QEȽW̱ILṈEW̱S.
"X̱EṈ SW̱ I¸ YÁ¸ YEŦOSTEṈ ¸E ȻSE STOṈETEW̱ SE¸ ȻE NI¸ES SE¸ ȻE EN¸ TEĆEX̱ELÁÁN¸ ȻE SI¸ÁM¸SETEW̱¸ ȻE U¸ STOṈETEW̱ SE¸ OL¸."
I¸ XEN¸ÁTEṈ TÁ ¸E TŦU¸NIȽ Ȼ SHO¸S ḰEL¸ḰEL¸ ¸E ȻS U¸ SÁN YEŦOSTES I¸ SU¸ JELITEṈS ¸E TŦÁ¸E.
ȻENNES.
I¸ EN¸ÁN¸ WE¸OĆE U¸ ÍY¸ ŚḰÁLEȻENS TŦU¸NIȽ SWIW¸LES Ȼ SȻȽJÁṈ¸S.
SU¸ ITETS.
I¸ EN¸ÁN¸ U¸ SṮI¸S SḰEL¸ḰEL¸S ¸E TŦÁ¸E ḴȺ¸ES ȻENNES.
SU¸ W̱ENEȻÁN¸S, "ÍY¸ KE Ȼ NE SSEȻEḴT TŦE NE STOLES."
SU¸ SEȻEḴTS TŦE STOLESS.
YEŦOSTES ¸E TŦÁ¸E ȻENNES SYEW¸E.
TU¸O OL¸ YEŦOSTES I¸ ȻȽTOL¸NEṈ ¸E TŦE SṮÁLEḴEM NÁ¸ETEṈ ¸E TȽ SMOQEĆ.
ȻȽNIȽ SU¸ DÁĆEKS TŦE OṈEST LE¸.
ȻȽNIȽ OL¸.
SU¸ TOL¸NEW̱S TŦE SWIW¸LES Ȼ SLO¸ES ȻE¸ DEX ¸E TŦE SḰÁLS.
SU¸ ȻÁĆELS.
SU¸ XEN¸OW̱S TŦE STOLESS, "ÍY¸ KE Ȼ SṮIW¸ȽTE I¸ YÁ¸ ȽTE SE¸ ȽÁW¸ YÁ¸."
SU¸ YÁLE¸S IST YÁ¸.
X̱EN¸IṈ¸ Ȼ SHIŦS WE¸OĆE Ȼ SYÁ¸S I¸IST.
I¸ ÁN¸ U¸ ȻȽTOL¸NEW̱ES Ȼ SȻȽ¸EN¸ÁS ȾIṈ¸EL¸.
ȾIṈ¸ELNESEṈ.
SJÁN¸ U¸ ȻȽI¸QEN¸TIṈ¸ ¸E TŦE SMOQEĆ.
SU¸ ȽÁÁLS LÁ¸E ¸E TŦE NÁ¸ETEṈ ¸E ȻS ṈAḴE¸.
SU¸ W̱ENEȻÁN¸S Ȼ S¸ÍY¸S Ȼ SYÁ¸S ȻENȻONEṈET YÁ¸ ŦOṈ ŚJISET.
SU¸ YÁ¸S I¸ EN¸ÁN¸ WE¸OĆE U¸ O¸ĆEṈ TŦE SȽÁNI¸.
SU¸ I¸ȽȻEU¸ESS TŦE SW͸ḴE¸ Ȼ SI¸ŦEXTS ŦE STOLESS.
I¸ ȻȽ¸EN¸Á ȾSETEṈ EN¸Á ¸E TȽ SMOQEĆ ¸E TŦE SṈÁNET.
I¸ U¸ TEW̱ OL¸ U¸ W̱NEW¸EW¸EĆ TŦU¸NIȽ SWIW¸LES ¸E TŦÁ¸E SṈÁNET.
SU¸ I¸ AḴSETS TW̱ESṈÁN… TW̱ESṈÁNET TŦEW¸NENI¸ȽEYE¸.
ĆSELÁ¸E OL¸ ¸E TŦE ŚDEX TŦE SWIW¸LES Ȼ SṮI¸S ȻȽḰEL¸ḰEL¸ ¸E ȻSE S¸I¸NOṈETS LE¸.
NIȽ U¸ ŚW̱¸ESEBS TŦE NE SḰÁL.
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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.’
| AḴSETS 'get changed' | NÁ¸ETEṈ 'is called' | SṮIW¸ 'escape' |
| ÁN¸ 'very' | NE 'my' | SU¸ 'so' |
| ĆȺ 'work' | NEȾÁW̱ 'one time' | SWIW¸LES 'young man' |
| ĆELÁṈENS 'their tradition' | NEW¸ÁSS 'he puts it inside' | SW͸ḴE¸ 'man' |
| ĆEN¸TÁṈ 'ever' | NI¸ES 'it exists, it is some' | SW̱ 'you' |
| ĆSELÁ¸E 'from there' | NIȽ 'it is' | SXEU¸SOL¸ȻȽS 'he is a new-dancer' |
| ĆX̱ISET 'get taken apart' | ṈAḴE¸ 'Oak Bay. Cordova Bay' | SX̱ENIṈS 'it is like' |
| Ȼ ‘subordinate marker' | O¸ĆEṈ 'slow' | SYÁ¸S 'he goes’ |
| ȻÁĆELS 'next day' | OL¸ 'limit' | SYEW¸E 'seer' |
| ȻE 'if/when subordinate' | OṈEST 'give him' | SYEWENS 'his power song' |
| ȻE¸ 'inform' | OX̱TW̱ES 'he takes it' | ŚDEX 'for making a mistake' |
| ȻEĆÁ 'therefore' | QEȽW̱ILṈEW̱S 'his fellow people' | ŚḰÁLEȻENS 'his thought' |
| ȻENȻONEṈET 'they run' | QENNEW̱S 'he sees it' | ŚW̱¸ESEBS 'so it is the end' |
| ȻENET 'take it' | S¸Á¸EL¸ETS 'he is putting it away' | TÁ 'contrary' |
| ȻENETS 'he takes it' | S¸I¸NOṈETS 'he manages to do well' | TEĆEX̱ELÁÁN¸ 'trouble' |
| ȻENNEW̱ES 'he takes' | S¸Í¸ELES 'his spirit power' | TES 'arrive there' |
| ȻȽ 'already' | SÁN 'who, someone' | TESNESS 'he gets there for it' |
| ȻȽ¸EN¸Á 'already come' | SĆESE¸ḰS 'his headgear' | TEW̱ 'exactly' |
| ȻȽHIŦ 'long ago' | SĆU¸ÁT 'good at' | TȽ 'article' |
| ȻȽI¸QEN¸TIṈ¸ 'being watched' | SĆYEWENS 'he had a power' | TOL¸NEW̱S 'he realizes' |
| ȻȽḰEL¸ḰEL¸ 'tell' | SȻȽ¸EN¸ÁS 'he has already come' | TŦÁ¸E 'article' |
| ȻȽNIȽ 'right away' | SȻȽJÁṈ¸S 'it is already very' | TŦE 'article' |
| ȻȽTOL¸NEṈ 'already is found out' | SDḰISETS 'his dancing' | TŦEW¸NENI¸ȽEYE¸ 'them' |
| ȻȽTOL¸NEW̱ES 'he already finds out' | SE¸ 'future' | TŦU¸NIȽ 'article' |
| ȻSE 'article' | SEȻEḴTS 'he whispers to' | TU¸O 'still' |
| DÁĆEKS 'is angry' | S¸EWES 'it is not' | TW̱EĆOL¸EḰS 'he gets into the backwoods' |
| DEX 'mistake' | SHIŦS 'it is a long time' | TW̱ESṈÁNET 'become stone' |
| ¸E 'preposition' | SHO¸S 'is it if/when' | TW̱ESYEW¸E 'become a seer' |
| EȽTÁLṈEW̱ 'person' | SHOĆEȻESS 'his dancer's regalia’ | TW̱EXĆITES 'he gets to know' |
| EN¸ 'your' | SI¸ÁM¸SETEW̱¸ 'you become rich' | TW̱EXEU¸SOLEȻEȽ 'become a new-dancer' |
| EN¸Á 'come' | SI¸ŦEXTS 'he is shoving her' | ŦE 'article' |
| EN¸ÁN¸ 'very' | S¸ÍY¸S 'it is good' | ŦEN¸ÁĆEṈS 'he leans back' |
| HÍ 'only' | SJÁN¸ 'very' | ŦOṈ 'go inland' |
| HÍS 'long time' | SJISET 'get into the bush' | ŦOṈTES 'he takes it inland' |
| I¸ 'I-class connector' | SḰÁL 'story' | ȾIṈ¸EL¸ 'go close' |
| I¸ 'conjunction' | SḰÁLS 'he says' | ȾIṈ¸ELNESEṈ 'be closed in on' |
| I¸IST 'in process of paddling' | SḰEL¸ḰEL¸S 'his talking' | ȾOḰETS 'sucks on' |
| I¸ȽȻEU¸ESS 'he is behind' | SLO¸ES 'where it is' | ȾOM¸ṈENS 'pieces of bone' |
| I¸NOṈET 'do well' | SȽÁNI¸ 'woman' | ȾSETEṈ 'be hit' |
| IST 'paddle' | SMIȽE 'spirit dance' | ṮEȾÁĆEN¸S 'his belt' |
| ITETS 'he goes to bed' | SMOQEĆ 'a powerful spirit associated with Point Roberts' | U¸ 'contrast prefix' |
| ÍY¸ 'good' | SNÁ 'name' | U¸ 'U-class connector' |
| JE 'apparently' | SNI¸NU¸S 'he takes advice' | WE¸OĆE 'I guess' |
| JELITEṈS 'it is taken away' | SṈÁNET 'stone' | W̱ENEȻÁN¸S 'he thinks' |
| KE 'emphatic' | SSEȻEḴT 'whisper to' | W̱NEW¸EW¸EĆ 'in the back side' |
| KOȻE 'new-dancer's staff' | SŚW̱LÁ¸ES 'where it is' | XEN¸ÁTEṈ 'is told' |
| ḴȺ¸ES 'new, recent' | STÁṈ 'something' | XEN¸ÁTEṈS 'he is told' |
| ḴETSENTENS 'his dancer's leggings' | STÁṈ¸ES 'it is something' | XEN¸OW̱S 'he says to him' |
| ḰÁL¸TEṈS 'he is spoken to' | STÁṈES 'it is something' | XEU¸SOLEȻEȽ 'new-dancer' |
| ḰEL¸ḰEL¸ 'talking' | STOLES 'spouse' | XPȺ¸ 'cedar' |
| LÁ¸E 'be there' | STOLESS 'his spouse' | X̱EN¸IṈ¸ 'like, way' |
| LE¸ 'past' | STOṈETES 'what happens to them' | X̱EṈ 'fast' |
| ȽÁÁLS 'he goes ashore' | STOṈETEW̱ 'what | YÁ¸ 'go, leave' |
| ȽÁW¸ 'flee' | STW̱ENIȽ 'come to be' | YÁ¸S 'he goes’ |
| ȽEṈÁSS 'he removes it' | STW̱EXĆITS 'he got to know' | YÁLE¸S 'they go' |
| ȽTE 'we, our' | SṮÁLEḴEM 'spirit being' | YEŦOSTEṈ 'be told to' |
| SṮI¸S 'he wants' | YEŦOSTES 'he is told to' |