Dictionary Entry [entry ID #224]
'a:wht'e • I am (such and such) • verb (theme: ('a:=)nin-t'e:) [1sg subject]
- 'a:nint'e (or 'a:nt'e) you are [2sg subject]
- 'a:'unt'e he is [animate subject]
- 'unt'e it is [inanimate subject]
- k'ite:t'aw-'a:wht'e I am a doctor
- niwho:ngxw-'a:wht'e I am well
Audio (click to listen)
- 'unt'e
is, has (spoken by Verdena Parker)
- niwhong-xw 'a:'unt'e
he or she is healthy (spoken by Verdena Parker)
- xo'awh whot' 'unt'e
he or she has a scar (spoken by Verdena Parker)
- k'iwinay'day 'a:'unt'e
he's a hunter (spoken by Verdena Parker)
- na:mis-xw 'a:n't'e 'a:dila'-me' no:ne'a:n
I put a round object in my hand (spoken by Verdena Parker)
- 'a:wht'e
the way I am (spoken by Verdena Parker)
- duxwe:di-whung 'a:nt'e
how is your health? are you all right? (spoken by Verdena Parker)
- duxwe:di 'a:nt'e
how are you? (spoken by Verdena Parker)
Examples from texts
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he's also really big, and his tail is a dark color
he knows everything
haya:ł miq'it-dahky'a:n-q'it dahsid'ut'-tah ła'ay-xw q'ut dists'e:n łiqay mina:t ya:silay 'aht'ing-xw-'unt'e k'iwitł'o:n
the linens (tablecloths) are all stiff and white, there was lace on the edges
hayahujit xong dahch'e'iliwh diywho' 'aht'ing-xw-'unt'e: dahch'itixa:wh ła'ay-xw-q'ut tin ne'iwho'n-e:
he always puts all kinds of flat things and containers (onto the table), he puts them up there, she sees all that stuff from a distance and thinks it looks so good
There was all kinds of food there, like even salmon...
There's lots of different kinds of food there, truly.
Over there, whatever you need he (the Creator) will make for you.
Others have come in (on top of us).
it used to be a lot different, there used to be an army hospital sitting there (place where sick people live, for soldiers)
"she knows a lot of things, that one"
"from this time on, we're going to tell her everything, we will teach her"
and then after that, they would tell me about everything, and then the next day another one (elder) would come back again
... everything I learned, from that
what's wrong with you, your belly looks big!
I woke up in the morning, and it turned out I was hurting all over my body,
they came in, the person that takes care of you (the nurse), and she said
"how do you feel?" and then I told her,
"no, I feel good," I said, "I'm not going to throw up."
it seemed like I was really strong, (while) I was lying there
I could only eat ground-up, what they call apple sauce
"you can feed her stuff that that's like juice"
he was very nice, that man
he was a policeman, Bill Quinby was his name. For him ...
the creator created everything that is here for us
haya:ł diywhe'eh do:-na:wa:-ne'in k'ikine' diywho' łung-xw-'unt'e q'ut 'unt'e-ne'in. "ting niwinwho'n" ch'ondehsne'
and then there wasn't anything walking about, nothing made a sound. There was a lot of variety of trees and greenery. "It looks really good," (the creator) thought.
and then (the creator) told his helper, "right here there's going to be all kinds of animals coming out."
hay wa:yung-xowitlik. haya:ł ła:n-xw 'a:'un'te diywho' mikyowe'-tah wa:yung-xowitlik haya:ł ła:n ne'in
there were many stories told about them (the animals) But then there's a lot of animals, like grizzly bear, that have stories about them. There were a lot of them.
all those wild animals running around, they have young ones
as for some of you, you will just be roaming around. A variety of small animals will be running around in the woods
one day everything's going to change back, everything will become good again
"No," I always say, "as for me, I'm afraid of that kind of thing."
Then in spite of that it was OK.
Then as for her, she was so proud of me, because I'm riding a motorcycle.