Jessie Van Pelt

Sentences (JB-01-02) (February 5, 2001)

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Text identifier: JB-01-02
Speaker: Jessie Van Pelt
Primary documentation: Juliette Blevins
Project transcription: Justin Spence
Audio source: JB-01-02

Ske-weech-'os!
Put things in order!

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Nek nue-mee key-chek.
I'm really tired.

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Kue won wen-chokws nue-mee skuey' ske-wee-chok'w.
The other woman is doing housework very well.

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Nek chpee shoo nee chyuuek'-we-nek'.
I just sit down.

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Yo' kem sa-'e-nee ske-wee-chok'w.
That person sometimes does the housework too.

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Kue won wen-chokws sa-'e-nee wo' ske-wee-chokw' kue 'o'l.
That other woman sometimes does the housework here in the house.

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Mos nue-mee keech ske-wee-chok' mee' nahk-sey-yehl kue ske-wee-chehl.
My housework isn't hard because there's three of us to do housework.

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Kue nahk-sey-yehl ne-kah nee-keech-yue ske-wee-chohl.
All three of us are doing housework.

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Ske-wee-chohl.
They do housework.

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Ske-wee-chok'w.
She does housework.

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Sloyhl-ke-tok'.
I'm sweeping.

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Sloyhl-ke-tokw' kem.
She is sweeping too.

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Kue won kem sloyhl-ke-tok'w.
The other person is also sweeping.

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Ske-wee-tok'.
I'm cleaning.

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Won kem ske-wee-to'.
The other person is cleaning too.

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Kel' kem ske-wee-too'm.
You also clean up.

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Se-kee-too'-moh.
We hurry.

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Nohl-pey-yoohl.
They go to the bathroom.

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Moy-ke'-mehl.
They die.

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Nee-keech-yue moy-ke'-mehl.
They all die.

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Chyuuek'-we-nes!
Sit down!

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Wee-'eeet!
That's it!

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Hoo-re-che-wek'.
I'm weaving baskets.

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Wo'-nee hoo-re-che-wek'.
Right now I'm weaving baskets.

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Ho-lee-mek'.
I made baskets.

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Skuue-we-tek' cheee-gery.
I like huckleberries.

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'o kaap' me'w.
It comes from the brush.

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Hehl-keek me'w.
It comes from the hills.

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Ne-kah koh-che-woo'-moh kah-kah.
We caught sturgeon.

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Mos nek skuue-we-tek' kwehl.
I don't care for it too much.

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Ha'p-'ehl-kok' kee-tee pe-rey-yo-wok'.
I'm forgetting lots of things, I'm getting old.

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Nek kee-tee ha'p-'ehl sa-'e-nee mee' kee-tee keech pe-rey-yo-wok'.
I forget sometimes, because I'm getting old.

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Mos pegpe-goh 'yohl-koych'.
He doesn't split wood.

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Mos pegpe-goh mehl 'yohl-koych'.
He doesn't split wood.

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Mos kol' sook mehl skuey-ye'n.
He's not good for anything.

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Mos skuey-yen' mehl kol' sook.
He's not good for anything.

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Keech he-gook' mehl yoh kue ne-kah 'ne-'oo-le'-moh.
I've left the world from where we live.

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Keech 'ee roo kee 'we-ke-mey-ye'-mehl.
It's time for them to go home.

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