Dictionary Entry [entry ID #2294] (related entries)
'e:ng' (or 'e'n) • for...'s part • emphatic particle
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- xong-'e:ng' do: ch'iwehsyo'
as for him, he didn't like it (spoken by Verdena Parker)
- łah-xw 'e:ng' 'a:xołdiwhne'
just for fun I was telling the person that (spoken by Verdena Parker)
- yo:wi-'e'n
as for that (spoken by Verdena Parker)
- yo:wi-'e:n' dahsixa:n
as for that, it's sitting over there (spoken by Verdena Parker)
Examples from texts
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he's also really big, and his tail is a dark color
and now in its place (instead, rather) a different machine is sitting there, it's all the same color
it's going to play, but then I guess he goes ahead and listens to it anyway
when I talk to him
she packs the child around, and then a Chinaman is the cook
hayah na'wa: hay kile:xich mita' haya:ł 'a'de:ne' q'ut 'e'n do'n ye'ohdił digyung na:de:'ohłya' haya:ł te:soh'ing'
his father is walking around there then he said it's OK, come on in, stand here and you watch
naya'widil haya:ł me:da'ay-ne:s 'e'n na:'ulte' miq'it-na:na'ay-e: ła'ay-xw ch'ina'n ting niwho:n miq'it-na:na:di'a' wha:ne me' na:k'idił-ne'in
they're coming back, then as for the Chinese, he was working at ironing, he did really good ironing, they only went around in well-ironed clothes
then as for them (her and the boy) they (the parents) are not letting them (grandma and child) in there
and then as for her, she thought something nasty his saliva is on everything
do: ch'ilyo' sile'n hay na:mitł'a'-ding haya:ł ch'in 'e'n tin niwho:n-ne'in hayi de:-ch'in ta'na:n [ya:w] ya'iwhiwh miq'it-xw 'aht'in-ding
she never liked it no more, then it was no longer really good because he would suck up water (and spray it) all over the top
I was getting high grades, some things I really learned well, like reading
and then my poor old grandmother always says
"as for her, she eats a lot, really well"
and then, I said "no, as for me ...
"the doctor said they're going to cut her open, and then you always say 'no'"
and then they shaved (me) all over my body, I didn't have any hair (to begin with)
"as for right now, I feel really good"
"q'ut 'e:ng' do:ng' nino'k'int'a:ts' hay-de:di 'aht'ing mindaxe' 'aht'ing niwhong-xw 'a:niwehst'e'" haya:ł
The surgery already done! right now it's all finished, everything looks good
from now on, you just lay there, so it will heal up
there seemed to be something wrapped around my face
"why is this thing sitting here?" I said
they said, "that is for in case you throw up"
"no," they said, "you can't drink (water), because of your operation you can drink only tea"
it seemed like I was really strong, (while) I was lying there
"she can get up, stand up occasionally, but don't let her walk"
again I'm walking and they don't know it
"don't bother her, as for her, she came today ...
"she's not going to go to the next one, she's going to stay in this one (class) again"
"she wasn't studying, she doesn't know anything, that one"
"as for her, when we come back again (next year), they're going to move her back"
they didn't know that as for me, I had been studying at home
and then they said, those walking around (at recess), "they're going to move her back"
"as for her, she's not going to pass the 8th grade"
... and my stepfather, they were drinking outside
after a while they go back outside, as for me, I just sit there
"go back outside," she told me, "as for these (people), they're (drinking) too much"
"if you tell, then I will say, 'she wanted to do this'"
... she did that"
after that, as for me, I started having a life of my own, someone ...
... I married a different person, he did me good
"ya:xiniy ya:xinupse:, ya:xiniy, ya:sinupse" they always say, they always sing
as for coyote, he goes around everywhere, he always does a lot of things
and then in the middle of time, there were a lot of stories taking place
as for some of you, you will just be roaming around. A variety of small animals will be running around in the woods
and that's the reason they are here, they (the animals) were here in from the time before
as for him, (because he went bad), he is incarcerated out in the middle of the sea. one day ...
"No," I always say, "as for me, I'm afraid of that kind of thing."
I don't like it; as for him, he always rides it around.
Then, I didn't like that, "Take me home quickly," I said, "back to the house."
And then, "It's not hard (to run this thing), you sit up here," and then ...
diywho' do: xole:n 'e'n ła'ay-xw-q'ut niwho:n 'e'n ninis'a:n hayah wilda:l whino:ng'ay'din ch'iwilda:l haya:ł 'a'de:ne'
There was nothing out there, the land was good (clear, no objects in the way) at that time, it was running along, beside me he was running along, then he said...
And then he said, "OK, now you learned it."
Then as for her, she was so proud of me, because I'm riding a motorcycle.
jahda: ch'ingkya:w na:d-e:-xw na:tł'a' na:ła'-q'i-ch'in' ye: no:'o:ltsil 'e'iliw haya:ł na:k'ide'iwis-te: ye: 'e'iliw haya:ł jahda:-din do: 'iwhyo' 'a:dił na'xołte: hayi-'e'n
...she's too big, it's like she leans over in the wrong way around the back [of the motorcycle], then it seems like it's going to fall over, and then I don't like to take her with me very much.
And then, as for her, she used to know how to ride a motorcycle.
... on that side she sort of shifts her body in that direction. As for her, [the motorcycle] runs around in a good way with us.