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wha sun, moon

Dictionary Entry [entry ID #1222] (related entries)

-a • for • postposition

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text: The first ones, line 45 (full story)
the one who prays/preaches for them. and then he tells them "There you will go. And there is land...

text: The first ones, line 104 (full story)
And (they built) several houses from there towards downriver and then...

text: The first ones, line 118 (full story)
He (the Creator) made the dances for them.

text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 2 (full story)
it used to be a lot different, there used to be an army hospital sitting there (place where sick people live, for soldiers)

text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 74 (full story)
they put a bed in the sitting room for me

text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 138 (full story)
and then they never give me anything to eat

text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 144 (full story)
then they brought tea for me also

text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 147 (full story)
I ate what they brought in for me (the jello), and then I still felt hungry

text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 210 (full story)
"you can feed her stuff that that's like juice"

text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 257 (full story)
he started digging through the paper, started handing them out to us all, and then they said

text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 269 (full story)
"she doesn't know anything," they said, "the work will be too hard for her"

text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 298 (full story)
kiłkit 'a:'unt'e Bill Quinby xolye hayi xwa, hayi xwa
he was a policeman, Bill Quinby was his name. For him ...

text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 299 (full story)
for him they brought things together (gifts) and had a big dinner

text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 307 (full story)
they were all in a line, piling stuff on their (own) plates, and we all ate also

text: Verdena's life story, part 1, line 352 (full story)
for that reason, I never said nothing, after a while, I finally became his wife

text: Creation of animals, line 13 (full story)
"and then you're going to do for me what I tell you."

text: Learning to Ride a Motorcycle, line 3 (full story)
My husband always says, "You're going to climb up on the back of this motorcycle."