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Julian Lang and Vina Smith, Conversation: Julian's Day (2011)

Publication details: Unpublished (recorded by Line Mikkelsen and Tammy Stark on January 30, 2011)

Project identifier: JL-VS-01

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We don't know what we are gonna say. iim chími chúuphi! taay i'ítaptih iim. tá ní'aah. máh'iit mah'íitnihach. tá ni'itxâarihvutih mah'íitnihach. máh'iit. mah'íitnihach ni'itxâarihva. tá ni'itxâarihvutih. kári xás tá nivôonsip. áhup tá nikyâatih. áhup ikyâatih. áah tá nikyâatih. Lyn uum áthiik. uum vaa tá nikyâatih pá'aah. naa vúra itíhaan máh'iit nipíkfuuksiiptih. six thirty five thirty. vaa yáv nipmahóonkoon áta vúra pamáh'iit. naa káru. kâarim nipmahóonkoon patá níkviit-hitih itíhaan. uuríhaan kúnish uuríhaan. taay vúra hôotah panúkviit-hat ipít ikxáram. hûut kumá'ii. tá nuparty party nu'úumat nu'úumat. kári xás vúra taay panu'íishtih káru áamtih. hãã vúrava ishímfir kúuphava. taay ti'áavat. íkiich vúra ipíshriivpeesh patáay i'áamtih. xás vúra áv puyávhara peepihnîichha. naníaunt Ramona ithâan néemustih naníaunt Ramona kári xás upítih hã'ii tipíshriivpa. ok. fáat. I think we're done.

We don't know what we are gonna say. Talk! You know a lot. I did a fire. In the morning, early in the morning. I woke up in the early morning. In the morning. I woke up early. I woke up. And then I got up. I gathered wood. You gathered wood. I made a fire. Lyn was cold. So I made the fire. I always get up early. Six thirty, five thirty. I guess I feel good in the morning. Me too. I feel bad when I am always sleeping. Lazy bones, sort of lazy bones. It was really late when we went to bed last night. Why? We had partied. We went to a party. We went. We ate and drank a lot. Yes, a big happening. You ate a lot. Maybe you'll get fat if you eat too much. Lots of food it's not good if you become an old man. My Aunt Ramona once looked at me and she said "Yikes, you've gotten fat!" OK. What? I think we're done.