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A story about a crane and its interrelationship with smaller birds during times of migrations. A traditional story told in Deg Hit’an Athabascan by John Paul.

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Dilja Dimaldu’ K’a Ghetrak

A picture book describing a boy’s trip to the store and the things he can buy.

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Dinak’i Ch’its’utozre 2

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Dinakinaja Ikatsolnish Mada heye Hondo heye

A storybook about things such as a headband, a fishing hook, keys, socks, rings, airplane, etc.

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Dinakinaja' Ik'ats'itolnish Nidots'o hikogh? Nidots'o dinogholt'aye?

A story about a boy going shopping and learning how much items are, how many he would like, and the total price.

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Dotron’ Nonot’ok

This story is an adaptation of a North Slope Eskimo fable. A hungry raven mistakes a rock for a caribou.

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Mary Ił Gwh Ił

A picture book about a little girl taking care of a rabbit.

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Midisnaka Kwl Henh Ghwlwk

A story about an orphan boy who does not fit in with the other children and what he does to live his life. A traditional story told in Holikachuk Athabascan by Bertha Rock.

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Midisnaka Kwl Henh Ghwlwk

A story about an orphan boy who does not fit in with the other children and what he does to live his life. A traditional story told in Holikachuk Athabascan by Bertha Rock.

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Nok'ołonh Chwh Ghiyoł

This is a story about how the Loch fish (Burbot) came into being. A traditional story told in Holikachuk Athabascan by Hannah Maillelle.

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Nune

A traditional story about a porcupine and beaver told in Deg Hit’an Athabascan by John Paul.

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Tildzidza Hwzoya'

A picture book about a mouse losing a tooth.

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Ts’ima Dzagha’ Dina Hwzoya’

A story about a mother and daughter who encounter a boy made out of spruce pitch.

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Dał
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Dał
Crane
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Hwlek’it deno dał nonadidał.
In the spring, the crane comes back.
Dzedza goya yi’ots’ neno’ilyash.
He brings back the little birds.
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Kayih huzdlo highwdigw nakadinolzish.
He circles above the village.
Kayih huzdlo highwdigw dide.
He makes noise when he circles the village.
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Hits’inhhw hinohwnish ts’e’ eyhw hindinish.
He lets the little birds off where he knows they live.
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Ch’idinh hits’e’ hena ił iłt’e not’wh.
He keeps going with those that are going to another place.
Yats’ dit’anh ts’e’ hwdijał hidinish.
He keeps doing that until he has let off all the birds.
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Tomo łonh “Se nich’i yats’ dizist’an di” yinezin.
The swan thought, “I should do that too.”
Dzedza goya yits’its’ dihulok.
The little birds went to the swan.
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Tomo łonh hoghał hwye’ił detsen’.
The little birds went to the swan, and it started carrying them; it began to get hungry.
Heko tiłyił.
It started to grab for them.
Hwyonh łonh.
It started to eat them.
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Hidetolts’ełdi nehwlash.
It started letting them off where they were supposed to go.
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Dzedza goya k’oyney’hitasdizit.
The little birds began wondering.
“Mi’ił nots’itenosdidil ts’e’ jot hits’inh.
“We’ll not fly with him anymore,
Dinagheghonh hen detsen’ dihigh’in.”
because he got hungry and killed some of us.”
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“Dał yan’ ił nots’itenodidił.”
“We’ll only go back with the crane.”
K’odet in dał yan’ ił nohindidił.
From this day, the little birds only go with the crane.
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Detsenh en highoyne’ełney ts’e’.
Even if the crane is hungry, he never bothers them.
Dohudidine ts’e’ ch’iyonh.
The crane leaves them alone and stops to eat.
Dzedza goya nich’i ch’ihiyonh.
The birds eat too.
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Ey hitl’oghwnh hiyk’its’ dono’ididił ts’e’ nech’ononet’oh.
After that they climb on him again and he takes off.
Hwdijał yats’ dit’anh ts’e’ hidinish.
He does that until he has let them all off.
Hidetolts’eł hw hits’e’ hinhwdinish.
He leaves the birds where they are supposed to go.
Hiyghw tsen’anh nilanh ts’e’ enzrunh dine hiyiłne.
They are thankful to him and say he was good to them.
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Yada ukat Tom?
What is Tom buying?
Dighach drodighona’ utazkat.
He is buying shirt.
Dighach drodighona’ ughekat Tom.
Tom bought a shirt.
Dighach drodighona’ ni’ił nuzrune’?
Do you like shirt?
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Nide!
No!
Denje et’an Tom!
Tom doesn’t have money!
Srudil’oł Tom!
Tom is playing!
Oh, Tom!
Oh, Tom!
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Tom, ihwts’ikogh!
Tom, that’s enough!
Ołon noch’ughenkat.
Don’t buy too much.
Nidots’o highi’in?
Why?
Denje nichoghe it’ane’ Tom?
Does Tom have a lot of money?
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Yada ukat Tom?
What is Tom buying?
Nak’ats’ilyoye utazkat.
He is buying goggles.
Nak’ats’ilyoye ughekat Tom.
Tom bought goggles.
Oh! Miheye nenłi’ane’?
Oh! Do you see his?
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Yada ukat Tom?
What is Tom buying?
Łił utazkat.
He is buying hooks.
Łił ughekat Tom.
Tom bought hooks.
Łił unkat diło’e?
Do you buy hooks?
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Yada ukat Tom?
What is Tom buying?
Jitr’ utazkat.
He is buying mittens.
Jitr’ ughekat Tom.
Tom bought mittens.
Jitr’ ent’ane’?
Do you have mittens?
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Yada ukat Tom?
What is Tom buying?
Maldu utazkat.
He is buying a coat.
Muldu ughekat Tom.
Tom bought a coat.
Maldu k’ade’?
You want a coat?
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Yada ukat Tom?
What is Tom buying?
Ts’ih utazkat.
He is buying a cap.
Ts’ih ni’ił nizrune’?
Do you like cap?
Ts’ih k’ade’?
Do you want a cap?
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Yada ukat Tom?
What is Tom buying?
Miye ts’idal’adze utazkat.
He is buying shoes.
Miye ts’idal’adze ughekat Tom.
Tom bought shoes.
Miye ts’idal’adze ghodenłit’a he’?
Do you use shoes?
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Yada ukat Tom?
What is Tom buying?
Twł utazkat
He is buying socks.
Twł ughekat Tom.
Tom bought socks
Twł ent’ane’?
Do you have socks?
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Yada ukat Tom?
What is Tom buying?
Tł’os utazkat.
He is buying pants.
Tł’os ughekat Tom.
Tom bought pants.
Tł’os ni’ił nizrune’?
Do you like pants?
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Yada ukat Tom?
What is Tom buying?
Dzah utazkat.
He is buying gum.
Dzah ughekat Tom.
Tom has bought gum.
Dzah ent’ane’?
Do you have gum?
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Yada ukat Tom?
What is Tom buying?
Juice utazkat.
He is buying juice.
Juice ughekat Tom.
Tom bought juice.
Juice unkat diło’e?
Do you buy juice?
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Yada ukat Tom?
What is Tom buying?
Cookies utazkat.
He is buying cookies.
Cookies ughekat Tom.
Tom bought cookies.
Cookies k’ade’?
You want cookies?
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Yada ukat Tom?
What is Tom buying?
Apples utazkat.
He is buying apples.
Apples ughekat Tom.
Tom bought apples
Apples mi’ił nizrune’?
Does he like apples?
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Yada ukat Tom?
What is Tom buying?
Candy utazkat.
He is buying candy.
Candy ughekat Tom.
Tom bought candy.
Candy unkat diło’e?
Do you buy candy?
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Yada ukat Tom?
What is Tom buying?
Denk’a utazkat.
He is buying gum.
Mi’ił sruts’idil’ole denk’a ughekat Tom.
Tom bought a play gun.
Yats’ dint’aye k’at he’?
Do you want that kind?
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Yada ukat Tom?
What is Tom buying?
K’onat’oghe utazkat.
He is buying an airplane.
K’onat’oghe ughekat Tom.
Tom bought an airplane.
K’onat’oghe ent’ane’?
Do you have an airplane?
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Yada ukat Tom?
What is Tom buying?
Balloons utazkat.
Tom is buying balloons.
Balloons ughekat Tom.
Tom bought balloons.
Balloons ni’ił nizrune’?
Do you like balloons?
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Yada ukat Tom?
What will Tom buy?
Candy utokat he’?
Will Tom buy candy?
Pop utokat he’?
Will he buy pop?
Pop utokat he’?
Go with Tom.
Ch’ukayih hits’e’.
To the store.
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Ch’ukayih hits’e’ tiyosh Tom.
Tom is walking to the store.
Ch’ukayih mi’ił huzrunh.
He likes store.
Ch’ukat ts’e’ mi’ił huzrunh.
He likes buying.
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Hwniyye ił Łuk’a ił Dzedza ił
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Yada jone?
What is this?
Ch’ighilduda ine.
It is a pike.
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Yada jone?
What is this?
Sruh ine.
It is a robin.
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Yada jone?
What is this?
Dish ine.
It is a chicken.
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Yada jone?
What is this?
Tugaga’ ine.
It is a duck.
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Yada jone?
What is this?
Toki’a ine.
It is a grebe.
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Yada jone?
What is this?
Chałdzidza ine.
It is a barn swallow.
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Yada jone?
He is going out
Dotron’ ine.
It is a crow.
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Yada jone?
What is this?
Dilgima ine.
It is a ptarmigan.
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Dzedza
Birds
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Yada jone?
What is this?
Srughot’aye ine
It is a dog salmon.
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Yada jone?
What is this?
Gas ine.
It is a King Salmon.
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Yada jone?
What is this?
Dontsoda ine.
It is a sucker.
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Yada jone?
What is this?
Ts’idat’ana ine.
It is a grayling.
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Yada jone?
What is this?
Hoch’ilmoya ine.
It is Dolly Varden.
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Yada jone?
What is this?
Sajila ine.
It is a whitefish.
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Łuk’a
Fish
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Yada jone?
What is this?
Tekone ine.
It is a wolf.
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Yada jone?
What is this?
K’altsa ine.
It is a fox.
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Yada jone?
What is this?
Gwh ine.
It is a rabbit.
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Yada jone?
What is this?
Nitołtroda ine.
It is a muskrat.
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Yada jone?
What is this?
Konsa ine.
It is a ground squirrel.
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Yada jone?
What is this?
Midzish ine.
It is a caribou.
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Yada jone?
What is this?
Dineje ine.
It is a moose.
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Dinak’i Ch’its’utozre 2
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Ghile
The edge
Ghiltłił
It is jumping
Ghwla’
I don’t know
Ha
Grease
Higuya
Small
Homiłyighełghił
He went to sleep
Hondenh
Where? (person)
Huh
Canadian goose
Huhwłtse
They were making it
Huzi’onh
It is there
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Til-dzi-dza
Mouse
Ch’i-hw-zo-ya’
Story
To-mogh
Bank
Ghil-tłił
Hopping
Hw-di-jał
Finally
Ta-do-di-nik
Got tired
Hw-na’
River
Hw-ts’ts’a-ne-manh
Started swimming
U-de
Thought
I-t’i-yats’
Really
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Ch’
Łech’a
Dog
Hondiye łech’a?
Where is the dog?
Łech’a nu k’its’ zido.
Dog is sitting on an island.
Łech’a ts’inh k’at.
Dog wants bone.
Ts’
Ts’inh.
Bone.
Łech’a ts’inh k’at.
Dog wants bone.
Hondiye ts’inh?
Where is bone?
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It’iyats detsenh.
Yonguh nin’ ko’ hwneł’ane’ił kayih huzi’onh dihwtał’auh.
Notehna nok’ołonh sruhdil’oł.
Kayih higuya huhwłtse.
Dikwzyo ts’e’ hwts’e’ taltłit.
Hwye’ił ch’ilotr’esh toyotele tał’anh ts’e’ yik’idozyo.
Yetałghwł edinh ch’idoyghełghił.
Kayih hwts’e’ hwts’its’a’eltłit.
Yugh hwneł’ane’ił dwhtso tał’anh.
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Tso’
Beaver
Hondiye tso’?
Where is beaver?
Yetla tso’.
There is a beaver.
Tso’ yodo’ ghiyoł.
Beaver is walking down.
K’
K’o’
Arrows
K’o’ lonh.
Lots of arrows.
K’o’ k’ade’?
You want arrows?
K’o’ k’at di’ist’a.
I want arrows.
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Gwh
Rabbit
Naha gwh.
Look! Rabbit!
Gwh tomogh taltłit.
Rabbit hopping along the bank.
Gwh yodo’ taltłit.
Rabbit hopped down.
Tł’
Tł’uł
Rope
Nutla tł’uł.
Here is rope.
Tł’uł tinal’oye.
Long rope.
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Tso'
Beaver
Yetla tso’.
There is beaver
Tso’ hondogh tazyo?
Where did the beaver go?
Tso’ yodo’ tazyo.
Beaver walked down.
Nh
Minh
Lake
Naha minh.
Look! Lake!
Minh chwh ine.
It’s a big lake.
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K’altsa Nidats’o Dedik’asr
K’altsa detsenh ts’e’ ghiyoł.
Hwye’ił tugaga’ goya hwtolał ił monh ił iłtsonh.
Yik’ihwts’its’a’eltłit ts’e’ ch’idilyash ts’e’ “k’wda ch’iyałtr’esh katinghistał” ne.
Hwye’ił minotsi togwshyighełdatł’.
Tomogh ghile ghiyoł.
Meyenhwzit ts’e’
dedik’asr dighełchih ts’e’
micha’diloy hwzro hwdilk’wł.
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K’al-tsa
Fox
Ni-da-t’s’o
How
De-di-k’asr
Got Red
De-tsenh
Hungry
Ghi-yoł
Walk
Hw-ye-‘ił
Then
Tu-ga-ga’
Duck
Go-ya
Small
Hw-to-lał
Put in
Ił-tsonh
Smelled
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Yi-k’i-hw-ts’i-ts’a-‘el-tłit
Run after
Ch’i-yał-tr’esh
Breast Bone
Mi-no-tsi
In front of
To-gwsh-gheł-datł’
Ran in water
To-mogh
Bank
Ghi-le
At
Mi-yen-hw-zit
Mad
Di-gheł-chih
Whole
Mi-cha’-di-loy
End of tail
Hw-zro
only
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G
Guga’
Baby
Hondenh guga’?
Where is the baby?
Yetla guga’.
There is the baby.
Guga’ guya ine.
It’s a small baby.
Ch
Ts’och
Plate
Nutla ts’och.
Here is plate.
Ts’och chwh.
Big plate.
Ts’och k’at di’ist’a.
I want plate.
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Sh
Osh
Snowshoe
Hondiye osh?
Where is snowshoe?
Nutla osh.
Here is snowshoe.
Osh chwh ine.
It’s a big snowshoe.
J
Jija
Berry
Naha jija.
Look! Berry!
Jija ni choh.
Lots of berries.
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S
Suje
Marten
Nutla suje.
Here is marten.
“Suje k’at,” ne dina.
The man said he wants a marten.
N’
K’un’
Fish eggs
K’un’ ui choh.
Lots of fish eggs.
K’un’ ts’och ye isditł’ak’.
Fish eggs in a plate.
K’un’ k’ade’?
You want fish eggs?
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T'
Ch’it’wh
Nest
Nutla ch’it’wh.
Here is a nest.
Ch’it’wh chwh ine.
It’s a big nest.
Ch’it’wh dwh dizi’onh.
Nest in a tree.
Dz
Dzedza
Bird
Naha dzedza
Look! Bird!
Dzedza dotanh?
What is the bird doing?
Dzedza zido
The bird is sitting.
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T'
Tr’esh
Boat
Hondiye tr’esh?
Where is the boat?
Yetla tr’esh.
There’s the boat.
Tr’esh toyoteł.
The boat is floating.
K
Mika’
It’s foot
Nutla mika’.
Here is its foot.
Mika’ imo nilanh.
Its foot is hurting.
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Tildzidza Ch’ihwzoya’
Tildzidza tomogh ghiltłił.
Hwdijał tadodinik ts’e’ hwna’ hwts’ts’anemanh.
Dranude nemanh ts’e’ tits’ude chu’ nemanh.
It’iyats’ tadodinik.
Hwye’ił ch’ilotr’esh toyotele tał’anh ts’e’ yik’idozyo.
Hwdijał homiłyighełghił.
Nidatso hwkogh ghwla’ miłdigheł’an’.
Mi’ił ch’ilotr’esh hwtoyditeh hwye’ił ts’ana’edizit.
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Hwdijał
Finally
Dwdilk’wł
White place
Hwkogh
How much
Hwna’
River
Hwneł’ane’ił
Looking around
Hwtoyditeh
Bumping the shore
Hwts’a
Location
Hwts’e’
Toward
Hwts’its’a’eltłit
He is jumping toward
Hwye’ił
Then
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Mi-’ił
With it
Hw-toy-di-teh
Floating (back and forth)
Ts’a-na-’e-di-zit
Woke up
De-tsenh
Hungry
Yon-guh
Back in the woods
Hw-neł-’a-ne-’ił
Looking at
Ka-yih
House
Hu-zi-’onh
Sitting
Di-hw-tał-’anh
Saw
No-teh-na
Two people
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No-k’o-łonh
Girl
Sruh-dil-’oł
Playing
Hi-gu-ya
Small amount
Hu-hwł-tse
Making
Di-kwz-yo
Walked up the bank
Hw-ts’e’
Towards
Tal-tłit
Hopping
Hw-ye-tał-’anh
Saw it
Ts’eł-k’inh
One person
Di-chinh
Stick
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Dał-yił
Grabbed
Ye-tał-ghwł
Hit it
E-dinh
Then
Ch’i-doy-gheł-ghił
Missed clubbing it.
Ka-yih
House
Hw-ts’e’
Too
Hw-ts’i-ts’a-’el-tłit
Started running
Dwh-tso
Cache
Ka-di-ni-ghe-to-ne
Ladder
Di-ka-ghe-yo
Climbed up
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Ye-ye-ghe-yo
Went in
Zi-gw-ne
Dry fish
Ch’i-ghał-nech
Took some
No-no-tas-di-yo
Started back down
Ka-la-ti-ghal-kit
Slipped
No-dol-ninh
Fell down
Mi-k’its’-do-dal-ninh
Fell down on top of him/her
Nal-tł’irs
Smashed
Tse-da-di-yok
Died
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Chuh
Big, large
Chu’
Again, more
Ch’idilyash
He is singing
Ch’idoyghełghił
She missed it
Ch’ighałnech
He took it
Ch’ihwzoya’
Story
Ch’ilotr’esh
Piece of bark
Ch’it’uh
Nest
Ch’iyołtr’esh
Bird’s breastbone
Dał
Crane
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Dałyeł
She grabbed it
Dedik’ars
It turned red
Detsenh
He is hungry
Dichinh
Stick
Dighełchih
All of it
Dihwtał’anh
He sees it there
Di’ist’a
To possess
Dikagheyo
He climbed up (ladder)
Dikwzyo
He climbed up (bank)
Dizi’onh
It is there
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Dot’anh
What is he doing?
Dwh
Up off the ground
Dwhtso
Cache
Dran
Day
Dzedza
Bird
Edinh
But
Guga’
Baby
Guga’hwdalah
Ducklings
Guya
Little, small
Gwh
Rabbit
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Dwhtso kadinighetone dikagheyo.
Yeyegheyo ts’e’ zigwne ił ha ił ch’ighałneeh.
Nonotasdiyo hwye’ił kalatighalkit ts’e’ nodolninh.
Zigwne mik’its’dodalninh ts’e’ naltł’irs ts’e’ tsedadiyok.
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Hw-dil-k’wł
White
Ka-tin-ghis-tał
Going to bed
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Hwyetał’anh
Then seeing it
Hwzro
Just that much
Ił
With
Iłtsonh
He smells it
Ine
It is
It’iyats
Really
Jija
Blueberries
Kadinighetone
Ladder
Kalatighalkit’
He slipped
Katinighistał
I will lie down
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Kayih
Cabin, house
Ko’
Upon it
K’ade’
Do you want it?
K’altsa
Fox
K’o’
Arrow
K’un’
Fish eggs
K’wda
Now
Lonh
Many
Meyenhwzit
He is angry
Micha’diloy
End of his tail
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Mi’ił
With him
Mika’
His foot
Mik’its’dodalninh
It fell on him
Miłdigheł’an’
He slept
Minh
Lake
Minotsi
Ahead of it
Monh
His mother
Naha
Look, see
Naltł’irs
He was smashed
Nemanh
He is swimming
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Nichoh
Many, much
Nidatso
How
Nilanh
It is
Nin’
Ground
Nodolninh
He fell down
Nok’ołonh
Females
Nonotasdiyo
He began to climb down
Notchna
Two (people)
Osh
Snowshoes
Suje
Marten
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Sruhdil’oł
They are playing
Tadodinik
He is tired
Taltłit
He began to jump away
Tał’an
He sees it
Tildzidza
Mouse
Tinal’oye
It is long
Tits’
Night
Toghwghełdatł’
They jumped into water
Tomo
Swan
Toyotele
The one floating
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Toyoteł
It is floating
Tugaga’
Ducks
Tł’uł
Rope
Tr’esh
Boat
Tsedadiyok
He died
Tso’
Beaver
Ts’ana’edizit
He woke up
Ts’e’
And
Ts’ełk’inh
One person
Ts’inh
Bone
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Ts’och
Plate
Ude
All the time
Ye
Insidea
Yetałghwł
It tried to hit it
Yeyegheyo
It went inside
Yik’ihwts’its’a’eltłit
It ran toward them
Yik’idozyo
It climbed up
Yode
Eagle
Yonguh
Up there
Yugh
Up
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Zigwne
Dry fish
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Tsezruch
Combs
Ditsegho’ notazts’ik Pauline.
Pauline is going to comb her hair.
Ts’ihulo’ tsezruch dresser k’its’ dozdlo.
There are five combs on the dresser.
Hondo ye tsezruch ghoditołt’ał Pauline?
Which one will Pauline use?
Ch’wh k’adigi dighełchighe tsezruch ghoditołt’ale’?
Is she going to use the biggest one?
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Łił
Hook
Łił tsałye zi’ane k’a’elnech Irma.
Irma found hook in the porch.
“Mada heye’e nwghde,” ne?
Whose is this? she said.
“Marvin heye ine.
It’s Marvin’s
Marvin ch’iłił ine.”
It’s Marvin’s hook.
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Headband
Headband
Mik’its’ ch’its’iyone t’oh headband k’a’elnech sonh.
My mom found headband under the table.
“Mada heye’e nwghde?
Whose is this?
Fred heye ine.
It’s Fred’s.
Fred ch’i-headband ine.”
It’s Fred’s headband.
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Jitr’
Gloves
Dinch’e jitr’ dighodighelo ye tał’anh Mary Ann.
Mary Ann saw four gloves hanging.
“Hondo heye’e siheye ne?
Which one is mine? she said.
Nwghde chwh ło’e siheye?
Is this big one mine?
Nwghde goya ło’e siheye?”
Is this small one mine?
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Maldu
Coats
Tok’e maldu noygw dosji ko’ zidlo.
Three coats are on the floor.
Sonh yineł’anh.
My mom is looking at them.
“Mada’ena ch’imaldu’e noyughye?” ne.
She said, whose coats are these?
“Sidin’a’ Floyd ch’imaldu’ ło’e?
Is it my son Floyd’s coat? she said.
Sits’i’a Christina ch’imaldu’ ło’e?”
Is it my daughter Christina’s coat? she said.
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Shoes
Shoes
K’odede shoes ughekat Ivan.
Ivan bought a new shoes.
“Hondo ye shoes ughenkat,” yiłne monh.
“Which shoes did you buy,” his mom asked
“Tennis shoes ughenkat he’?
“Did you buy tennis shoes?
Leather shoes ughenkat he’?”
Did you buy leather shoes?”
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Mito’ dinaghu’ tinots’ilaghe
Toothbrushes
Mit’o dinaghu’ tinots’ilaghe donan-ts’ełk’e yet dazdlo heye tał’anh sito’.
My dad saw six toothbrushes laying there.
Dighu’ tino’ilah ts’ihk’at.
He wants to brush his tooth.
“Mada’ena heye’e noyughye?” ne.
Whose are these? he said.
“Hondo ye’e siheye?”
Which one is mine? he said.
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Ch’ilots
Key
Dwhtso yet iyosh ts’ihk’at sonh.
My mom wants to go into the cache.
Dwhtso ch’ilodza’ eko hwneł’anh.
She is looking for the cache keys.
Hondo ye ch’ilots ghoditołt’ał?
Which key is she going to use?
Ch’wh’otsinh dighełchih heye ch’ilots ghoditołt’ale’?
Is she going to use the biggest key?
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Jilejik
Paper
Srakoy’ena ywgh k’o’isdinech heye neł’anh hik’atwghch’iniłtinh henh.
The teacher is looking over what the children worked on.
Ts’ełk’e jilejik k’a’elnech mikok’ ch’i’uzra’ kwl heye.
She found one paper with no name on it.
“Mada jilejiga’e neghde ne?”
Whose paper is this? she asked.
Sijilejiga’ ine’ ne Nellie.”
Nellie said, it’s mine.
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Book
“Dohuzdlo dihits’inh book unnesh,” James iłne hik’atwgheh’iniłtininh ts’e’ ine ninh.
The teacher told James to get a book from the shelf.
“Hondo ye book ne?” James.
James asked, which book?
“Science book he’?
Science book?
History book he’?”
History book?
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Mit’o hwdinildiy’ heye
Using a pencil
Srakay’ena kwnch hidiniłdiy’.
The children are writing news.
Mit’o hwdinildiy’ heye ghohidełt’a.
They are using pencil.
Linda heye noditodik’oh k’int’a.
Looks like Linda’s need sharpening.
Mada heye noditodik’oh?
Whose need sharpening?
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Lamps
Dinch’e hinghildraye it’anh sito’.
My dad has four lights.
Ts’ełk’e nonghełdrash ts’ihkat.
He wants to light one.
“Hondo ye notenghoghiłdrish,” ne.
He asked, which one should I light up?
“T’iyaye’ił hinghildraye ine hinotenghoghiłdrish.
He will light the brightest one.
Ch’wh’otsinh dighełchih heye in.”
The biggest one.
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Boat
Tr’esh ghighwł heye tał’anh Homer.
Homer saw a boat trailer.
“Mada ghwla’ tr’eya’,” ne.
Somebody’s boat, he said.
“Tr’esh chwh ło’e,” yiłne Irwin?
Irwin asked, is it a big boat?
“Tr’esh goya he’?”
A small boat?
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Twł
Socks
Dinch’e ghile twł ughekat Ronnie.
Ronnie bought four socks.
“Ts’ełk’e k’adi’ent’a he’,” Eugene iłne?
He asked Eugene if he want one?
“Nidots’o dinasditsesh?” ne Eugene.
Eugene asked, what color is it?
Notek’a lik’wł ts’e’ notek’a chu’ dasdik’isr,” ne Ronnie.
Ronnie said, two are white and two are red.
“Hondo ye k’adi’ent’a?”
"Which one do you want?"
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Didilne ye
Tape Player
“K’odede didilne ye ughiskat,” didadza’ iłne Shirley.
Shirley told her younger sister she bought a new player.
“Simo he’,” ne midadza’.
Her sister asked, for me?
“Nitsitł’a ye ło’e?
Is it a small one?
Mada yełtsene?”
Who made it?
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Jise
Clock
Notek’a jise ughekat sito’.
My dad bought two clock.
Nełk’ay ts’e’ dingholchih heye.
Two different size.
“Ts’ełk’e siheye tolał ho’,” ne Gladys.
Gladys asked, can I have one?
“Hondo ye k’adi’ent’a,” ne mito’?
Her dad asked, which one do you want?
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Lots’ih
Rings
Notek’a lots’ih it’anh sonh.
My mom had two rings.
Ts’ełk’e jade nilanh.
One is jade.
Ts’ełk’e chu’ ivory.
One is ivory.
“Hondo ye iłt’e ghodenłit’a,” ne Vernita?
Vernita asked, Which one do you use?
“Jade nilane iłt’e ghodiłt’a,” ne sonh.
My mom said, I always use the jade one.
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K’onat’oghe
Airplane
Notek’a k’onat’oghe nonghedatł’.
Two airplanes landed.
Billy hwneł’anh.
Billy is looking at them.
“Mada’ena ghwla’ heye,” ne.
I don’t know whose it is, he said.
“Wein ch’ikonat’oghe lage?”
Maybe it’s Wein’s airplane.
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Ch’ighwnh-di
Drying racks
Nutła notehdi ch’ighwnh-di.
Here are two drying racks.
Ywgh’od hinench’idaz’o nighwt.
There are poles everywhere.
Jot łide’ de.
What about here.
“Hondo’e hwniye lonh di,” ne Susan?
Susan asked, “where there a lot of animals.”
“Ywgh’od hinench’idaz’o di ine hwniye lonh di,” ne mito’.
“Where there are a lot of trees there are lots of animals,” he dad said.
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Knives
Notek’a sraye dozdlo heye tał’anh sito’.
My dad saw two knives.
“Mada heye’e nwghde dasditł’its’e,” ne?
He asked, “whose is this black one?”
“John zraya’ ine,” ne Billy.
Billy said, “it was John’s.”
“Hondo ye’e dayanh heye?”
“Which one is sharp?”
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Dinakinaja' Ik'ats'itolnish Nidots'o hikogh? Nidots'o dinogholt'aye?
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Ts’ełk’e yasrech k’adi’ist’a.
I want one box.
Nidots’o hikogh mwgh hudikat?
How much would it cost?
$8.00 in mwgh hutighekat.
You will pay $8.00.
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Nutła melik.
Here is hand soap.
Melik k’ade’?
You want hand soap?
Aha, melik k’adi’ist’a.
Yes, I want hand soap.
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Nidots’o hikogh mwgh hudikat?
How much does it cost?
Ts’ełk’e in 89¢.
One cost 89 cents.
Nidots’o hikogh dinogholt’a ye k’adi’ent’a?
How many do you want?
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Tok’e melik k’at.
I want three hand soap.
Nidots’o hikogh mwgh hudikat?
How much does it cost?
$2.67 in mwgh hutighekat.
You will pay $2.67.
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Yasrech yet ‘ela.
Put them in the box.
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Nutła suhale.
Here is crackers.
Suhale k’ade’?
You want crackers?
Aha, suhale k’adi’ist’a.
Yes, I want crackers.
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Nidots’o hikogh mwgh hudikat?
How much does it cost?
Ts’ełk’e yasrech in $2.50.
One box cost $2.50.
Nidots’o hikogh heye k’adi’ent’a?
How much do you want?
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Notek’a yasrech in k’at.
I want two boxes.
Nidots’o hikogh mwgh hudikat?
How much would it cost?
$5.00 in mwgh hutighekat.
You will pay $5.00.
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Yasrech yet dinela.
Put it in the box.
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Nutła ch’ik’o’.
Here is ammunition.
Ch’ik’o k’ade’?
You want ammunition?
Aha, ch’ik’o k’adi’ist’a.
Yes, I want ammunition.
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Nidots’o hikogh mwgh hudikat?
How much does it cost?
Ts’ełk’e yasrech in $8.00.
One box cost $8.00.
Nidots’o hikogh heye k’adi’ent’a?
How much do you want?
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Yasrech ye dine’osh.
Put it in the box.
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Yasrech ye dine’osh.
Put it in the box.
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Nutła jam.
Here is jam.
Jam k’ade’?
You want jam?
Aha, jam k’adi’ist’a.
Yes, I want jam.
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Nidots’o hikogh mwgh hudikat?
How much does it cost?
Ts’ełk’e in $3.00.
One is $3.00.
Nidots’o hikogh heye k’adi’ent’a.
How many do you want?
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Dinch’e hikogh heye in k’at.
I want four.
Nidots’o hikogh mwgh hudikat?
How much does it cost?
$12.00 in mugh hutighekat.
You will pay $12.00.
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Yasrech ye dinela.
Put them in the box.
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Nutła stove oil.
Here is stove oil.
Stove oil k’ade’?
You want stove oil?
Aha, stove oil k’adi’ist’a.
Yes, I want stove oil.
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Nidots’o hikogh mwgh hudikat?
How much does it cost?
Ts’ełk’e in $63.75.
One for $63.75.
Nidost’o hikogh dinogholt’a ye k’adi’ent’a?
How many do you want?
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Notek’a k’adi’ist’a.
I want two.
Nidots’o hikogh mwgh hudikat?
How much would it cost?
$127.50 in mwgh hutighekat.
You will pay $127.50.
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Yasrech ghwnh nedinanela.
Put them by the box.
Hikogh noywgh ye ughiskat ts’e’ hwnohunnish he’?
Do you know how much I paid for these?
Ch’itiy midełgho ye nichoh.
It cost too much.
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Nidots’o hikogh mwgh hudikat?
How much does it cost?
Pound in $3.00.
One pound is $3.00
Nidots’o hikogh heye k’adi’ent’a?
How much do you want?
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Nutła sahilik.
Here is sugar.
Sahilik k’ade’?
You want sugar?
Aha, sahilik k’adi’ist’a.
Yes, I want sugar.
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Nidotso hikogh mwgh hudikat?
How much does it cost?
Pound deno in 65¢.
One pound cost 65 cents.
Nidots’o hikogh heye k’adi’ent’a?
How much do you want?
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Ten pounds in k’adist’a.
I want 10 pounds.
Nidots’o hikogh mwgh hudikat?
How much would it cost?
$6.50 in mwgh hutighekat.
You will pay $6.50.
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Yasrech yet ełtesh.
Put in the box.
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Nutła milk.
Here is milk.
Milk k’ade’?
You want milk?
Aha, milk k’adi’ist’a
Yes, I want milk.
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Nidots’o hikogh mwgh hudikat?
How much does it cost?
Ts’ełk’e in 74¢.
One is 74 cents.
Nidots’odinogholt’a ye k’adi’ent’a?
How many do you want?
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Ts’ihulo’ in k’at.
I want five.
Nidots’o hikogh mwgh hudikat?
How much does it cost?
$3.70 in mwgh hutighekat.
You will pay $3.70.
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Yasrech ye dinela.
Put them in the box.
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Nutła coffee.
Here is coffee.
Coffee k’ade’?
You want coffee?
Aha, coffee k’adi’ist’a?
Yes, I want coffee.
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Yasrech ye dinela.
Put them in the box.
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Two pounds in k’at.
I want two pounds.
Nidots’o hikogh mwgh hudikat?
How much would it cost?
$6.00 in mwgh hutighekat.
You will pay $6.00.
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Yasrech ye dine’osh.
Put it in the box.
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Nutła mega.
Here is flour.
Mega k’ade’?
You want flour?
Aha, mega k’adi’ist’a.
Yes, I want flour.
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Twenty pounds in k’adi’ist’a.
I want twenty pounds.
Nidots’o hikogh mwgh hudikat?
How much does it cost?
$7.20 in mwgh hutighekat.
You will pay $7.20.
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Yasrech yet ełtesh.
Put it in the box.
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Nutła gasoline.
Here is gasoline.
Gasoline k’ade’?
You want gasoline?
Aha, gasoline k’adi’ist’a.
Yes, I want gasoline.
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Nidots’o hikogh mwgh hudikat?
How much does it cost?
Gallon in $1.60.
One gallon cost $1.60.
Nidots’o hikogh heye k’at?
How much do you want?
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Five gallons in k’at.
I want five gallons.
Nidots’o hikogh mwgh hudikat?
How much does it cost?
$8.00 in mwgh hutighekat.
You will pay $8.00.
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Yada’e ts’uzałts’one?

What do we hear?

Ts’eya in ts’uzałts’one.

We hear a mosquito buzzing.

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Yada’e Ts’uzałts’one?

What do we hear?

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Power plant

Power plant

K’onalmoze

Tractor

Nich’udaya dide

Owl calling

Ch’itinasdighwtł’

Falling tree

Denk’a

Gun

Dzondzeda

Bee

Tugaga’ dide

Duck calling

Mit’o ch’ididt’oze

Chain saw

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K’onat’oghe

Airplane

Diniltł’ezre

Bell

Tugaga’ dide

Duck calling

Łech’a yitsa

Duck calling

Mit’o tinoch’ilyaghe

Washing machine

Ts’eya

Mosquito

Mit’o ch’ididt’oze

Chain saw

K’onalmoze

Snowmachine

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Yada’e ts’uzałts’one?

What do we hear?

Dolmoya in dide ye ts’uzałts’onh.

We hear a goose calling.

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Yada’e ts’uzałts’one?

What do we hear?

Dzondzeda in ts’uzałts’onh.

We hear a bee flying.

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Yada’e ts’uzałts’one?

What do we hear?

Denk’a deltutł’ deno in ch’its’uzałts’onh.

We hear a gunshot.

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Yada’e ts’uzałts’one?

What do we hear?

Ch’itindighwł deno in ch’its’uzałts’onh.

We hear a tree falling.

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Yada’e ts’uzałts’one?

What do we hear?

Nich’udaya dide ye in ts’uzałts’one.

We hear an owl calling.

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Yada’e ts’uzałts’one?

What do we hear?

Ts’etł’ ko’ k’onalmoze in ts’uzałts’one.

We hear a snowmachine.

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Yada’e ts’uzałts’one?

What do we hear?

Power plant in ts’uzałts’one.

We hear a power plant.

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Yada’e ts’uzałts’one?

What do we hear?

Mit’o tinoch’ilyaghe in ts’uzałts’one.

We hear a washing machine.

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Yada’e ts’uzałts’one?

What do we hear?

Yada’e ts’uzałts’one?

We hear a duck quacking.

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Yada’e ts’uzałts’one?

What do we hear?

Mit’o ch’ididt’oze in ts’uzałts’one.

We hear chainsaws.

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Yada’e ts’uzałts’one?

What do we hear?

Diniltł’ezre in ts’uzałts’one.

We hear a bell ringing.

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Yada’e ts’uzałts’one?

What do we hear?

K’onalmoze in ts’uzałts’one.

We hear a tractor.

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Yada’e ts’uzałts’one?

What do we hear?

Łech’a yitsa ye in ts’uzałts’one.

We hear a dog barking.

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Yada’e ts’uzałts’one?

What do we hear?

Yada’e ts’uzałts’one?

We hear an airplane.

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Dotron’ mama k’at ts’e’ k’otenast’wk.
The raven wants food so he starts to fly around.
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Tomogh not’uh detsenh ts’e’.
He is flying along the river and he’s still hungry.
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Tok’e midzish tał’anh heye’ił mi’ił huzrunh.
He sees three caribou and becomes happy.
K’oyney’tasdzit, “Nidats’a hi’ił mits’e’ ditighisnele yinezinh?”
So he began to think, “How can I get to them?”
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“Liyane yet nidizane nił’anh,” ne.
“I see the fattest one standing there,” he says.
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Hotw yits’e’ not’uh.
He flies slowly toward it.
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“Sidozuza’ t’o midraya’ etesgut ts’e’ tseditighiłneł,” ne łonh.
“I’ll kill it with my beak in his heart,” he says.
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T’iyaye’ił łonh yezgut.
He hit it as hard as he could.
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Idinohwdinghełghił.
He knocked himself out.
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Hik’ana’elnech heye’ił łonh, “Imoya! Sidozuza!” ne.
When he came to, he said, “Ouch! My beak!”.
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Mi’ił nakahudinodineł ts’e’ hwts’its’ananet’wk.
He is dizzy as he flies away.
“Idzige! Tsa he’e midzish hwt’al udisneye,” ne łonh.
“Adzigee! I thought those stones were caribou,” he says.
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Nidogh?

Where?

Yih he?

Inside the house?

No yih ine.

No, not inside the house.

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Iłtsinh ho’.

I smell it.

Hwlek’it nenohwdalninh.

It is spring.

Hwlek’it k’i hihwltsinh.

It smells like spring.

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Yi’ogh ch’itsan’ ine.

It’s the grass outside.

Ch’itsan’ dazk’wn’.

Grass is burning.

Sito’ hwdełk’onh.

My dad started the fire.

Sito’ ch’itsan’ dałk’wn’.

My dad is burning grass.

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Ch’it’on’

Leaves

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Yada’e iłtsine?

What do I smell?

Ch’it’on’.

Leaves.

Ch’it’on’ ine iłtsin.

It’s leaves I smell.

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Ch’it’on’ iłtsinh.

I smell leaves.

Ch’it’on’ nił’anh.

I see leaves.

Ch’it’on’ uzaziłts’on.

I hear leaves.

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Dasdik’izre ch’it’on’ nił’anh.

I see red leaves.

Litsughe ch’iton’ nił’anh.

I see brown leaves.

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Nidots’o hikogh dinagholt’a’ heye ch’it’on nił’anh?

How many leaves do I see?

Lonh heye ch’it’on’ nił’anh.

I see lots of leaves.

Hwlozrunh hik’adigi heye nił’anh.

I see more than ten leaves.

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Ch’it’on’ ełtsinh.

Smell the leaves.

Ch’it’on’ nenłi’anh.

Look at the leaves.

Lonh heye ch’it’on’.

Lots of leaves.

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Łit

Smoke

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Hwdazk’wn’!

Fire!

Ts’ima ti he’?

In the spruce trees?

No ts’ima ti.

No in the spruce trees.

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Hondogh hwdazk’wn’?

Where is the fire?

Nenłi’ane’?

You see it?

Łit iłtsinh dine.

I smell smoke.

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Hwlek’it huzrunh.

Spring is good.

Hwnalkwn’.

It is warm.

Hiy’de’onh ts’ihi’ił.

It is sunny too.

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Yada’e iłtsine?

What do I smell?

Coffee.

Coffee.

Coffee iłtsinh.

I smell coffee.

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Coffee ine iłtsine.

It is coffee I smell.

Huzrunh ts’e’ mihwltsinh.

It smells good.

Hondiye?

Where is it?

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Yih t’anh higho’.

It’s inside.

Jamena k’its’ dizkonh.

It’s on the stove.

Yih t’anh coffee jamena k’its’ dozkonh.

The coffee is on the stove inside the house.

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Coffee huzrunh ts’e’ mihwltsinh.

Coffee smells real good.

Sighoy’ tighekole’?

You will give me some?

Aha, mits’inh nighoy’tiskole ine.

Yes, I’ll give you some from it.

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Agaya! Nalkwn’.

Ouch! It’s hot.

Huzrunh ts’e’ mihwltsinh coffee.

Coffee smells real good.

Nalkwne coffee.

Hot coffee.

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Nilane

Meat

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Yada’e iłtsine?

What do I smell?

Nilane.

Meat.

Nilane iłtsinh.

I smell meat.

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Midzish nilana’ iłtsinh.

I smell caribou meat.

Mik’o’enesh.

It is cooking.

Miko’enesh jamena k’its’.

It’s cooking on the stove.

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Sito’ yizdlane.

My dad killed it.

Midzish izdlanh.

He killed a caribou.

Liyane midzish izdlanh.

He killed a fat caribou.

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Sonh nilane ik’o’ełnesh.

My mom is cooking the meat.

Liyane midzish nilana’ ik’o’ełnesh.

She’s cooking the fat caribou.

Huzrunh ts’e’ mihwltsinh.

It smells good.

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Sriłto highnede.

It’s for outdoors.

Sito’ mo.

For my dad.

Sito’ mo.

My dad will go hunting.

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Gasoline
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Ch’igho’

Fur

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Yada’e iłtsine?

What do I smell?

Ch’igho’.

Fur

Ch’igho’ ine iłtsine.

It is fur I smell.

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Simaldu’ no’iłtrił.

My coat is wet.

Mikok’ ch’igho’ heye no’iłtrił.

The fur on there got wet.

Ch’igho’ no’iłtrile iłtsinh.

I smell wet fur.

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Shanh hulanh.

It is summer time.

Iłchonh.

Raining.

Noziłtrił.

I got wet.

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In’a doditoneł?

What will mom say?

Noziłtrił!

I am wet!

Simaldu’ no’iłtrił.

My coat is wet.

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No’iłtrile ch’igho’ iłtsinh.

I smell wet fur.

Sikayih hits’e’ notisdoł.

I will walk home.

In’a doditoneł?

What will mom say?

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Mega

Bisquit

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Yada’e iłtsine?

What do I smell?

Mega.

Bisquit.

Mega iłtsinh.

I smell bisquit.

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In’a ch’iłt’as.

Mom is frying.

Mega iłt’as.

She is frying bisquit.

Mega iłtsinh.

I smell bisquit.

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Tisyelo’?

Can I eat it?

Mega tisyeł ho?

Can I eat bisquit?

Ano’.

No

No k’odet.

Not now.

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K’odet ine hwlek’it.

Now it’s spring.

Iłtsinh.

I smell it.

Si’ił huzrunh.

I feel good.

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Huzrunh ts’e’ mihwltsinh.

It smells good.

Sito’ yik’aditot’ał.

My dad will like it.

Mega isyonh ts’ihk’at.

I want to eat bisquit.

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Tighisyeł.

I’ll eat it.

Liyane midzish tighisyeł.

I’ll eat fat caribou.

Si’ił mihwlniyye ine midzish.

Caribou is not tasty with me.

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Yada’e iłtsine?

What do I smell?

Gasoline.

Gasoline.

Gasoline iłtsinh.

I smell gasoline.

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Gasoline manjak yet zikonh.

There’s gas in a can.

Hondiye manjak?

Where is the can?

Yetła nin’ ko’.

There on the ground.

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Mada eyt neydinane’onh?

Who put it there?

Mada nin’ ko’ neydinane’onh?

Who put it on the ground?

Sito’ ey neydinane’onh.

My dad put it there.

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Sito’ k’o’edinesh.

My dad is working.

Ts’etł’ko’ k’onalmoze ghw k’o’edinesh.

He’s working on the snow machine.

Sito’ yighoditołt’ał gasoline.

My dad will use the gasoline.

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Mihwltsinh gasoline.

Gasoline smells.

Iłtsinh.

I smell it.

Iłtsinh ts’ihk’at kwl.

I don’t like to smell it.

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Hwlek’it

Spring

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Yada’e iłtsine?

What do I smell?

Hwlek’it.

Spring.

Hwlek’it iłtsinh.

I smell spring.

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Ch’it’on’ iłtsinh.

I smell leaves.

Nin’ no’iłtrile iłtsinh.

I smell wet ground.

Ch’itsan’ iłtsinh.

I smell grass.

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Ch’it’on’ iłtsinh.

I smell leaves.

Nin’ no’iłtrile iłtsinh.

I smell wet ground.

Ch’itsan’ iłtsinh.

I smell grass.

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Fox
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Neł’ił hidalts’enhna, himguga’ yetr’ highwlagh.
The child of two people who were living together died.
Nok’ołonh nazyonh.
The little girl grew up.
Hwye’ił miyedr highwlagh.
And then she died.
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Is ts’e’ notidosh łonh mito’.
When the father would go to the fishtrap,
Ywgh k’altsa k’o’eltlot ts’ihwyan’.
A fox would be running around.
En doyudidine.
But he would leave it alone.
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Hwldon’ti yich’iłyonh.
Once in a while he would feed it.
Is ye hwts’inh.
He would take the fish from the trap.
Hozrighe yi’iłyonh.
He would feed it some blackfish.
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Is ta’iłonh.
He had set a fish trap.
Hozrighe yi’iłyonh.
He fed it some blackfish.
Is ghwnh no’idosh deno yighoch’iłchich.
He would feed it whenever he went to the trap.
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Hinilyash deno yonots’in hits’e’ mada ghwla’ ch’idiniłguk ets’ik.
Whenever the couple would go to bed, somebody would be snoring across from them.
Yada ghwla’ daneyo.
It had come inside.
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Nonots’in ch’idiniłgukhw hik’idoy’ghałnech.
The place where the snoring was coming from was covered.
K’altsa zis hik’ido’iłchuts.
It was covered with a fox skin.
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“Yełkonh da’ dots’itoneł?” nełhididine.
“What will we do tomorrow?” they asked each other.
“K’un yih datighiłchił,” ne dina.
“We’ll bring in some fish eggs,” he told her.
“Ts’utonish ts’e’ k’un’ ił ts’itinołtiwh.”
“One of us will smear it with fish eggs and the other one will grab it.”
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“K’altsa zis mik’its’ doyghałnech heye ts’etołyił,” ne.
“We’ll grab the fox skin that covers it,” he told her.
Yats’ hiłde’ dihidiyok.
That is what they did.
Hiyełyił ts’e’ hiynałtlwh.
They grabbed it and smeared it up.
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Hwye’ił lochu himiguga’ yeghela’ t’anh henh.
It was their baby at one time.
K’altsa nilanh tsidighet’a’.
She used to be a fox.
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“Ts’ełdi ch’its’itoyeł,” hide.
“There’s going to be a potlatch,” they said.
Ch’ik’ohełnesh.
Everybody was cooking.
Nemaje nich’i’nohidałtsenh. Yada ch’elanh ts’e’.
They made ice cream and everything.
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Hiyghw sodilts’esh.
They became thankful.
Ch’ik’ohełnesh.
Everybody was cooking.
No’ediyo dihigh’in him’ił huzrunh.
They did good things because they were thankful she had returned. They were thankful for getting her back.
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Mary Ił Gwh Ił
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Mary mito’ sritodihwł’anh ts’ełdi dranh.
One day, Mary’s dad was hunting.
Mary yimo dint’a ts’ihwyan’ iłt’e sritodihwł’anh deno.
Mary was always waiting for him when he went out hunting.
K’odet łonh “Nidots’o hikogh sito’ neyo he’?” donh iłne.
Now she asked her mom how far her dad walked.
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Natso huzdlanh łonh monh ts’e’, “Kodet lichu sroto neyo he’. Dok’wda notodoł udenne?” yiłne.
The child of two people who were living together died.
“Ts’eługh no’edosh ts’imwgh hik’at,” donh iłne.
“I want him to walk back fast,” she told her mom.
“Yada in ił danatodoł.”
“Wonder what he’ll come back with.”
Dranh mi’ił tal’o łonh Mary.
It was a long day with Mary.
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Ch’ihtoyeł di nehwdalninh łonh noy’ghe’onh ts’e’ hwye’ił mito’ no’ediyo.
It was dinnertime in the evening when her dad walked back in.
Mi’ił nohusdizrut ey hwye’ił Mary.
Mary was happy then.
“Yada łide’ nonenlitanh?” dito’ iłne.
“What did you bring back?” she asked her dad.
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Dimaldu’ ninonots’adighelchuts’.
He took his coat off.
Dighonoyidighełchu deno Mary yineł’anh.
Mary was watching when he hung his coat.
Hwye’ił łonh hwndinh yada ghwla’ mit’i hoditaltanh.
Then something moved in his pocket.
Edeno łonh mito’ ch’ighazdlwk’.
Her dad was smiling when this happened.
“Yada nonenlitanh?” dito’ no’iłdidne łonh Mary.
“What did you bring back?” she asked her dad again.
“Sit’i hwnenłi’anh,” Mary iłne łonh.
“Look in my pocket,” he told Mary.
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Hotihw yiye hwneł’anh łonh Mary.
Slowly she looked in there.
Notek’a ch’inagha’ hich’inghełdraye yan’ łonh ohdot’anh.
She can only see two eyes glowing.
Mito’ yiye dolnech hwye’ił łonh gwh ch’igoya diye ts’anełtan.
Her dad dug in the pocket and took out baby rabbit.
“Nughde yan’ nonisjitanh” ne łonh.
“I only brought this back,” he said.
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Gwh mo kayih hułsenh łon Mary mo.
For Mary, he made a house for rabbit.
Tsahw łon noljut gwh.
For a while the rabbit was scared.
En Mary yaghile ts’e’ yik’onałtosh hwye’ił neljid ts’e’ didiyok łonh.
But Mary was treating the rabbit good, so it wasn’t scared anymore.
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T’iyats’ yighwntsin’ łonh Mary en yitołyele inots’ihwnej.
Mary really cared for the rabbit, but didn’t know what to feed it.
Dimama’ ts’inh miy’ghwłyon’ k’adiyił’anh.
She was trying to feed it her food.
Yats’ litsene chu’ isyon ts’e’ yinots’hwnej.
She didn’t know it doesn’t eat that kind of food.
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“Ts’iyone mi’ełyonh k’adizeł’an ede,” Mary iłne łonh mito’.
Her dad told her, “Don’t try to feed it that kind of food.
“Yats’ litsene isyon heye ine gwh.
Rabbit doesn’t eat that kind of food.
Nilyaghe mimo ts’itighołnesh.
We’ll get plants for it.
Ey hwye k’aditot’ał hwt’al heye ine.”
Maybe he’ll like that kind.”
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Hwdijał łonh hwsh uhdedinech.
Finally winter was over.
Nichoh ts’e’ didiyok gwh.
The rabbit got big.
Gwsjala dikayih hik’adigi dighełchin łonh.
It was almost bigger than its house.
“Minots’idighenech da’ yaghile heye,”
“We should release it.”
Mary iłne łonh mito’ ts’ełdi dranh. “Srito gaga’ nilane.”
One day her dad told her. “It’s a forest animal.”
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Nełzo ts’e’ dichot’ yughetwn’ hitł’oghwnh yinodighenech łonh.
She held it for a long time and finally released it.
Yet ti chu’ ne’iltłich ts’e’ noygw hwłtsinh łonh.
It was hopping around sniffing the ground.
Mi’ił huzrunh k’int’a łonh.
Looks like it was hungry.
Hwdijał srito eltłit.
Finally it ran off.
Ey hwts’inh gwh notil’esh deno siheye ghela’ heye lage yinezinh Mary.
Since then every time Mary sees a rabbit she would wonder if that was her rabbit.
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Srakay mighw neno’edidatl’ łonh.
A bunch of children came to him again.
“Mada’e mihwltsininh?” nełhididne.
“Gee, who stinks?” they said to one another.
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Himtsuyda himugh tsen’anh nilanh.
Their grandmother was very thankful for them.
“Huzrunh ts’e’ di’endiyok. Midisnaka kwl henh uzenech,” yiłne łonh.
“You did the right thing, taking an orphan like yourself,” she told him.
“Yihugh tsen’anh isdlanh,” hwłne.
“I’m very thankful,” she told him.
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Nełts’e’ hidine huzrunh ts’e’.
They worked well together.
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Mihultsin ts’e’ dinodiyok ditse’ tinonaz’onh dihits’inh.
In the meantime, he stopped smelling so bad; he had washed his head.
Huzrunh ts’e’ hizdo.
They lived well.
Ts’ełk’inh guga’ hit’anh.
They had one baby.
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Hiyghw dlwk’ dilghwsr łonh.
They laughed at her.
“Mada’e mihwltsininh ił todolinh?” hiyiłne łonh.
They said to her, “Who would marry a person like that, somebody who stinks?” they said to her.
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Ywghna łonh, “Mihwltsinh henh ił zido,” hide ts’e’ himwghdohwdazlo.
Meanwhile, the others said, “She married somebody who stinks.”
K’un’ gwnh ił diholyok dihigh’in.
They were complaining because he had put fish eggs on his head.
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Huzrunh ts’e’ hidalts’enh nełts’e’ hidine ts’e’.
They started a good life, working together.
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Ditse’ tinonaz’onh.
He washed his head.
Ey hitl’oghwnh di’ot ghine yuznech łoch.
He washed his head well and took her [as his wife].
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“Eydinh yan’ k’adi’ist’a,” ditsuyda iłne.
Then he told his grandmother, “She’s the only one I like,” he said.
“Aha, nik’a dint’a,” yiłne łonh.
“Yes, she’s like you,” she said.
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“Si’ił enzrunh,” nok’ołonh iłne łonh. “Sik’i di’ent’a ts’e’ nidisnaka kwl,” yiłne.
He told the one girl that he liked her because she was an orphan like himself.
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Midisnaka Kwl Henh Ghwlwk
The Poor Orphan
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Ts’ełdi łonh monh ił mito’ ił kwl henh cheł zido.
Once there was an orphan boy who had no mother or father.
Mitsuyda yinałyonh.
His grandmother raised him.
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Srakay’ena sruhdil’oł.
Some children were playing.
Eyna k’adi’et’a łonh cheł.
The boy did not like any of the other boys and girls.
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Midisnaka kwl henh nok’ołonh łonh eyhw.
There was one girl who was also an orphan.
Eydinh yan’ mi’ił nizrunh.
She was the only one he liked.
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Sruhidil’ołdi hulanh ni’ogh.
There was a play area outside.
Ey nenohedidatl’ tsełyek’ ts’e’.
They gathered there again in the dark.
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Sruhidil’oł łonh en cheł hik’adi’et’a ts’e’.
They were playing games, But the boy did not like any of the other children.
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“Łuk’a igwnhdi dazisyoydi,” yinezihn łonh,
“I should go to the smokehouse,” he thought.
“Kun’ gwnh ił sitse’ ko’ dihwtisdeł,” yinezinh.
“I can take some dried fish eggs from the top of the pile and put them on my head,” he thought.
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Yihw hits’e’ notalgoch ts’e shanh yih daneyo.
He ran home and went into the smokehouse.
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K’un’ gwnh ił ditset’ok’ dihulok.
He put some dried fish eggs on the crown of his head.
Yik’its’ ts’ih nidot’onh.
He put his hat on over them.
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Hiych’o’ notasdidatl’.
Then they all left him.
Yih dana’elgoch.
He ran back inside.
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The Big Woman is Walking Along
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Nok’ołonh chwh ghiyoł, hide.
They say that a big woman was walking along.
Dwgh ghiyoł.
She was walking along.
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Hwye’ił detsen’.
Then she became hungry.
“Distsenh,” ne ts’e’ tinasdizreł
“I’m hungry,” she said, yelling out loud.
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Ywgh iłt’e ghiyoł.
She continued to walk along.
Hwye’ił notek’a dwhtso ghwnh neneyo.
Then she came upon two caches.
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Ts’ełk’e yet gheyo ts’e’ ch’itazyon’.
She went into one of them and began eating.
Dighełchih ts’e’ ywhdeyon’.
She ate up everything in it.
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Ch’idine dwhtso chu’ yet gheyo.
She also went up into the other cache.
Eyde chu’ yet ch’whdeyon’ hwye’ił notasdiyo.
She ate up everything in that one, too. Then she left.
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Tiya’ ywgh ghiyoł. .
She was walking along.
Hwye’ił tu dinedilo’.
Then she began to get thirsty.
“Tu k’at,” ne ts’e’ tazizrel.
“I want water,” she said, shouting out loud.
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Hwye’ił minh ghwnh neyo.
Then she came upon a lake.
Minh k’its’ hits’inh tu tasdinun’.
She began to drink the water in it.
Minh ko’ tu uhdedinun’.
She drank all the water out of the lake.
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Hwye’ił chu’ hwts’its’ana’ediyo.
Then she started walking again.
Tomogh ts’aneyo.
She walked down to the shore.
Danelinhhw hwnełanh.
She saw water flowing.
Hwdazk’wn’ hwchwhdi neyo.
She went up to where a big fire was burning.
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Kwnets’ naztanh.
She lay down by the fire.
Dimid iy’dełdanh ts’e’ naztanh.
She lay down with her stomach facing the fire.
Homiłyighełtanh.
She went to sleep.
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Hwndine’ił ts’ana’edizit.
Suddenly she jumped up out of her sleep.
Mimid huzt’a.
Her stomach had cooked until it burst.
Tu mits’inh ts’anelinh ts’ididyok.
Water poured out of it.
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Srihno’ ihuzdlanh.
It became a creek.
Ey toy’ghełtots’.
She rolled into the water.
Ts’onya nilanh ts’ididyok.
She turned into a loch.
Hwts’its’anemanh.
She swam away.
Ihwts’ hikogh ine hwzosh.
That is all of the story.
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Nonots’inh łonh nune zido.
A porcupine was staying on the other side of the river.
T’iyats’ ch’iyonh.
It was eating a lot.
Hwna’ nonots’in zido.
It was staying far across the river.
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Ywgh k’oynech’edizet,
It was thinking.
“Yonots’in tishko’ hik’a di’ist’a.”
“I want to go on the hill on the other side of the river,” it thought.
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Hwdijał hwts’its’aneyo.
Finally, it started walking.
Yukon tomogh ts’aneyo.
It went to the shore of the Yukon River.
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Hwna’ yonan hwneł’anh.
It looked and looked across the river.
Yiginenat’onh.
It bowed its head.
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Hwye’ił hatodalchots.
Suddenly, the water splashed.
Tso’ chilghił dihigh’in.
Apparently it was a beaver slapping its tail.
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Nune eyhw tsetast’onh.
It [the porcupine] looked toward it.
Dalts’ek’ łonh.
Then it made a squeaking sound.
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Tso’ yeko hwneł’anh.
The beaver looked toward it.
“Nidats’ heko et zedo?” nune iłne.
The beaver asked it, “Why are you sitting there?”
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“Yonan hik’at,” ne.
“I want someone to take me to the other side,” it said to it.
“Tishko’ hik’at.”
“I want to go to the hill,” it told it.
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Nona’ dadimit ts’e’ neghonemanh.
When it swam ashore, it was facing upstream.
“Neghoneyosh,” nune iłne.
“Go on, go up the bank,” it told the porcupine.
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Yonan yi’ił notazmanh.
It began to swim across with it.
Ch’itiy hwna’ hwdiywk ts’e’ tso’ tododinik.
The river was too wide, and the beaver began to get tired.
T’iyats’ idiyish en ghimał.
It started panting, but kept on swimming.
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“Nidats’e’ ni’ił tighismał?” ne tso’.
The beaver asked it, “Which direction do you want me to go?”
“Ts’enan ghile,” ne nune.
“Straight across,” it answered.
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“Sit’ok’ dozeyosh,” ne tso’.
The beaver told it, “Come, get on my back.”
“Yonan ni’ił notighismał.”
“I will take you across,” it said to it.
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Sruhidil’ołdi hulanh ni’ogh.
There was a play area outside.
Ey nenohedidatl’ tsełyek’ ts’e’.
They gathered there again in the dark.
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Sruhidil’oł łonh en cheł hik’adi’et’a ts’e’.
They were playing games, But the boy did not like any of the other children.
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“Łuk’a igwnhdi dazisyoydi,” yinezihn łonh,
“I should go to the smokehouse,” he thought.
“Kun’ gwnh ił sitse’ ko’ dihwtisdeł,” yinezinh.
“I can take some dried fish eggs from the top of the pile and put them on my head,” he thought.
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Yihw hits’e’ notalgoch ts’e shanh yih daneyo.
He ran home and went into the smokehouse.
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K’un’ gwnh ił ditset’ok’ dihulok.
He put some dried fish eggs on the crown of his head.
Yik’its’ ts’ih nidot’onh.
He put his hat on over them.
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Mik’wh noghilghanh mimit’ ko’ tso’.
The beaver’s fat melted down to its stomach.
Nune łide’ mit’ok’ mik’wh noghilghanh.
The porcupine’s fat melted up to its back.
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Yeko nihulyo nezot ts’e’.
He searched there a long time.
Yik’ana’elniy ts’e’.
He could not find it.
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Tish anakadazyo.
He walked around the hill.
Ey łonh hik’aynot’an’.
At that place, there was a mouse hole visible.
Dilts’ek’ ts’e’ eyhw doygi ghiltlit łonh.
He went squeaking away into it.
Ihwts’ikogh.
That is all.
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Yighwnh neneyo ts’e’ jija tazyon’.
He went up to it and began eating the berries.
Jija uhdeyon’.
He ate up all the berries on it.
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Mik’its’ jija hulanh.
There were berries on it.
Mikok’ jija ch’iditalyo ts’e’ hulanh.
All the different kinds of berries were on it.
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Yits’e’ ghiyoł.
He was walking toward it.
Yineł’anh.
He was looking at it.
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“Mits’e’ tazisyo da’ ine,” yinezinh łonh.
“I should go toward it,” he thought.
Yits’e’ tazyo.
He started to go toward it.
Yits’e’ k’agh nodo’ notasdiyo.
He started walking back downstream toward it.
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Yodot łonh digheloye goya’ mits’inh łit hodindijut.
Back downriver, there was a little mountain from which smoke was rising.
Yineł’anh ts’e’ ywgh k’oyney’tasdizit.
He started looking at it and he thought about it.
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Miyenhwzit ts’e’ nona’ nokok’ ghiyoł.
He was walking angrily upriver on the beach.
Nona’ ghiyoł.
He walked upriver.
K’agh hwneł’anh.
He looked back.
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Hwye’ił miye hwdolninh ts’e’ nona’ hwts’i ts’a’edichinh.
Then he got mad, and he angrily took off upriver.
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Yeko hwneł’anh.
He looked for it.
Mikwl.
It was gone.
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Hwye’ił mich’o’ nin’ ko’ noydolninh.
Then it fell to the ground away from him.
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Dighu’ dizo ts’ane’onh.
He took a tooth out of his mouth.
Yi’ił srudital’otl’.
He started to play with it.
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“Dotighist’eł?” yinezinh.
He thought, “What will I do?”
Hwye’ił dighu’ inoynedalzish.
Suddenly he thought of his tooth.
Dighu’ yats’ taz’onh.
He took out his tooth.
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Tildzidza łonh ghiyoł
A mouse was walking along.
Nona’ ghiyoł.
He was walking upstream.
Nona’ nokok’ ghiyoł.
He was walking upstream on the beach.
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Tildzidza Hwzoya’
Mouse Story
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“Nona’ notighisdikał,” ne.
“I’m going to paddle upriver,” he said.
Nok’ołonh tomogh neno’ediyo.
The girl went back down to the edge of the water.
Tomogh tazdo’.
She went down to the edge of the water and started sitting there.
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“Tiya’ ch’idwhtl’u,” hwłne.
“That’s not enough, braid more,” he told them.
Tiya’ ch’ihditl’u.
They continued braiding.
Idiyats’ nichoh ts’e’ didiyok.
It became very big.
“Sruhkogh,” hwłne.
He said, “No more, it is big enough.”
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Noy’ghe’onh hwye’ił ts’iyozra i’uhłchis hwłne.
In the evening he said, “Okay, now take it down and tie it to the canoe.”
Tr’aha ił dighene’.
He told this to the girl.
“Tomogh tl’uł ghwnh zedo,” yiłne.
“Stay on the shore by the rope,” he told her.
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Ch’onh hiłde’ dikwno’isdiyo.
Her mother went back up the bank.
Dikayih dana’ediyo.
She went back into the house.
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Cheł hiłde’ noy’ghe’onh deno hwna’ dodigi taldrił.
The boy began paddling upriver in the evening.
Hwna’ dodigi ghikał.
He began paddling upriver.
Tr’aha hiłde tl’uł dighilmots’e ghwnh zido ts’iyozra i’isdichize ghwnh.
The girl sat by the ball of rope that was tied to the canoe.
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Tidz ude yighwnh ghedo’.
The whole night went by while she sat by it.
Simo tl’uł ts’ananela yiłne.
He told her to let out the rope for him.
Yimo tl’uł ts’anilash hwna’ dodigi ghikał deno.
She let the rope out as he paddled upstream.
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Ihiłde’ yiłne.
Then he told her,
“Hik’ay tinazghił da’ mi’ił notinenesh,” yiłne.
“When you get to the end, start pulling it back,” he told her.
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“Nonenghudws da’,” yiłne.
“Rewind it into a ball,” he told her.
Ihwts’ diyelok.
She started doing that.
Gwsjala yełkonh hwye’ił mighwnh nenotoy’netonh.
It was close to morning when he came drifting back to her.
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Idiyats’ tochwhko’ hwgaga’ digheł’an’.
He got a lot of seals.
Ts’iyozra k’iz nich’i hinyełchis.
They were even tied on the side of his canoe.
Ts’iyozra yet nich’i’in.
Also in the canoe.
Neghono’edikanh.
He landed the canoe.
Hoch’itaz’onh hwye’ił neghono’edikanh.
He landed just before the sun rose.
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Nok’ołonh diginziyenh monh nich’i.
The mother got up, and that girl did too.
Dran ude ch’imontsehila’.
All day long they skinned them.
Miłniltinh deno k’onhedinesh.
They put them away while he slept in the house.
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Eyt hwtl’oghwnh tameł tahighiłnish.
Afterward they would put the fishnet in the water.
Łuk’a k’ahtol’eł.
They would go fishing.
Hwlek’it nohusdidlanh.
It was springtime again.
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Nełts’anhiyełch’ił.
They tore them into strands.
“Dats’ ine ditwhtl’u,” hwłne.
He told them, “Braid it like this.”
Hiyditaztl’u’.
They started braiding it. They braided.
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“Se yan’ sritotighisyoł,” donh iłne łonh.
“I should go back into the woods by myself,” the girl told her mother.
“Ts’ima dzagha’ eko,” ne.
“I should go back alone for pitch,” she told her.
“Jot zedo ts’e’ tameł ghw k’onedinesh,” yiłne.
“You stay here and work on the fishnet,” she told her.
Tuts’o udaznech ts’e’ sritoneyo łonh.
Then she took a birchbark basket and started going back into the woods.
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Ts’ima chwh hulanh di k’o’edosh.
She walked among the big spruce trees.
Ts’ima dzagha’ dił’anh ts’e’.
She gathered spruce pitch.
Dats’ hikogh yan’ ts’iyozra ghinet.
“Well, this is pretty good for our old canoe.
“Huzrunh,” yinezinh łonh.
It’s pretty good,” she said, she thought.
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“K’wda notighisdoł,” yinezinh łonh.
Then she thought, “I’ll go back now,”
Notasdiyo.
And she started walking back out.
“Sik’a di’ent’a he’?” mada ghwla’ yiłne.
“Do you like me?” somebody said.
Idiyats’ neljut.
She became frightened.
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“Mada ghwla’ edide heninh,” yinezinh.
“Who could that be?” she thought.
Dina’ena jodugh ts’e’ hinots’hwsnej yinezinh.
“I didn’t know that there was anybody around,” she thought.
Yugh’od hwneł’anh łonh.
She looked all around.
Dina’ena kwl łonh.
Nobody was there.
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Chu’da neno’ediyo łonh.
She stopped again.
Yodigw ch’izuchina’ ti hwneł’anh.
She looked up among the branches.
Yodigw ts’ima ti cheł zido heninh tał’anh.
Way up in the fork of the spruce tree, someone was sitting, a boy.
Chela yodigw dwh dizdo.
A boy was sitting up there.
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“Ninh ło’e didighenne’?” yiłne łonh.
“Is that you who said that?” she asked him.
“Sik’a di’ent’a he’?” yiłne.
“Do you like me?” he asked her.
“Aha,” ne.
The girl told him, “Yes.”
Nik’a di’ist’a cheł iłne łonh.
“I want you,” she told him.
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Yighwnh nogheyo ts’e’ ts’imati yi’ił ts’ana’ediyo.
He came down to her and went back out of the woods with her.
Yi’ił ts’imati ts’ana’ediyo ts’e’ yi’ił dikayih dana’ediyo.
He went back out of the woods with her and went into the house with her.
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Monh hiłde’ doyudiłkid ts’e’ łonh.
Her mother did not even ask who he was.
Yih yonan hwch’o’ noneyo.
He went across the room from them.
Yey tazdo’.
He started staying there.
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Yoygi hinehwdelo ts’e’ yey hik’a tazdo’.
He dug a hole and started sitting in it.
Hoholyo di zido.
He sat in the hole.
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Dranhti te’isyoy ts’e’. Noch’i’osh deno hwyan’.
He would not go out in the daytime, but only at night.
Digin’iyeh.
He would get up.
Yi’ogh k’o’edosh.
He would walk around outside.
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Ch’onh ił diyotsi’a ił ts’ima dzagha’ t’o tr’esh hiniłtlwh.
The mother and daughter used spruce pitch on their boat.
Ts’ima dzagha’ nohiłgheh ts’e’ tr’esh hiniłtlwh.
She would melt the pitch and they would pitch the boat.
Diginziyenh ye dina.
Then that man got up.
Diginziyenh ts’e’ tseneyo.
He got up and went outside.
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K’wy’ lot’uts’a’ di’uhł’anh hwłne.
He told them to go get some inner bark.
Ts’ełdi nenohiydilyash.
They began to gather it.
Lone dihigheł’an’.
They gathered a lot of bark.
Eyt hwtl’oghwnh dats’ ine hwłne.
After that he told them what to do.
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Ts’ima dzagha’ eko sritonohididił.
They would go back into the woods for the pitch.
Nohiyiłgheh.
They would melt it.
Ts’ima dzagha’ t’o ts’iyozra ko’ nohihwdzah.
They would pitch the canoe.
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Dina’ena hitił’ey ts’e’.
They did not know any people.
Ts’iyozra hit’anh.
They had a canoe.
Hwlek’it deno ts’ima dzagha’ ił nohiyidzah.
Every spring they would put spruce pitch on it.
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Ch’onh ił diyotsi’a ił neł’ił hidalts’enh.
They say that a mother and daughter were living together.
Nełts’ihidine ts’e’ tameł ghw k’ohedinesh.
They were helping each other work with a fishnet.
Yet hwyan’ hidalts’enh ts’e’ dina’ena hitił’ey ts’e’.
They lived there and never saw any other people.
Tochwh ko’ himogh’ hidalts’enh.
They lived on the edge of the ocean.
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Ts’ima Dzagha’ Dina Hwzoya’
Spruce-Pitch Man Story
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K’wy’ ił dichinhti hwneł’anh.
She looked among the willows and standing trees.
En dina kwl.
Nobody was there.
Chu’ dikayih hwts’e’ hwts’its’ana’ediyo łonh.
Then she started to go back home again.
Mada ghwla’, “Sik’a di’ent’a he’?” nodidine łonh.
“Do you like me?” somebody said.
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Tomogh zido ts’e’ taztrak.
She sat at the edge of the water and cried.
Ts’ima dzagha’ ino’isdilanh łonh cheł.
The boy had turned back into a pile of pitch gum.
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Nonsit łonh ts’ima dzagha’ zidlo.
It was a pile of pitch gum in the front.
Hwye’ił taztrak.
Then she began to cry.
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Ts’iyozra yet hw’ił hwneł’anh.
Then she started looking in the canoe.
Nonsit łonh yada goya ghwla’ zi’onh.
Way up in the front, there was a little lump.
Huzrunh ts’e’ yineł’anh.
She looked at it closely.
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Yeko tazzreł łonh.
She started to call him, but she never found him.
Cheł mikwl.
The boy was gone.
Dodiyok?
What happened to him?
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Tl’uł ił nononish łonh hwye’ił ts’iyozra yet dina kwl.
As she was pulling the rope, the canoe came toward her and nobody was inside it.
Neghonotoynetonh hwye’ił miyet dina kwl.
Nobody was in it when it came to the shore.
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Yodigu hanach’et’onh hwye’ił ts’ana’elghis łonh.
The sun came up. The sun came way up, and then the girl woke up suddenly.
Tł’uł ił notinaznech.
She woke up suddenly and started pulling the rope, but it was light.
T’iyats’ dranh łonh.
It was very light.
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Jo, nok’ołonh tomogh zido ts’e’ homiłyighełghił łonh.
While the girl was sitting at the edge of the water, she fell asleep.
“Tl’uł ił notinghunesh da’,” miyiłdighene’ łonh.
“Pull the rope back,” he had told her.
En homiłyighełghił łonh.
She fell asleep.
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Tl’uł utenotwn’ ts’ihulanh łonh.
She was supposed to be holding the rope.
Cheł nona’ notasdikanh.
The boy went back upriver.
Dont’a monh yighwnh teno’isdoy.
Her mother should have gone out to her.
Edinh monh dana’ediyo ts’e’ homiłyighełtanh.
Her mother went back up and into the house and went to sleep.
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Miłdelo’.
She was sleepy.
K’adi’onh dranh chu’ miłdi’eł’el lonh.
She had not slept the day before.
Ey high’in miłdelo’ t’iyats’.
She started to get very sleepy.
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Yoldzutl’e chwh ts’e’ didiyok hikogh hiydighetl’u’.
They braided it until they made a big ball.
“One’ ts’e’ nenł’anh,” hiyiłne.
They said, “Come and see this.”
Noy’ghe’onh hwye’ił tseneyo ts’e’ yingheł’an’.
He only went out to look at it in the evening.
Dranh deno yih yan’ zido. Dran ude miłdił’anh.
During the day he would stay inside and sleep the whole day.
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Noy’ghe’onh di nenohudizit.
Then it became evening again.
Hwye’ił chu’ teno’ediyo.
He went outside again.
K’adi’onh dighit’an’ ts’e’ dinoghidit’an’.
Then he went outside and did what he had done the day before.
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Yada Ełtsinh?

What do you smell?

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Yada ełtsinh?

What do you smell?

Ch’it’on’ in iłtsinh.

I smell leaves.

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Yada ełtsinh

What do you smell?

Yada ełtsinh

I smell coffee.

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Yada ełtsinh

What do you smell?

Łit in iłtsinh.

I smell smoke.

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Yada ełtsinh

What do you smell?

Łit in iłtsinh.

I smell smoke.

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Yada ełtsinh?

What do you smell?

Yada ełtsinh?

I smell fur.

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Yada ełtsinh?

What do you smell?

Mega in iłtsinh.

I smell bisquit.

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Yada ełtsinh?

What do you smell?

Gasoline in iłtsinh.

I smell gasoline.

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Yada ełtsinh?

What do you smell?

Hwlek’it in iłtsinh.

I smell spring.

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