Lucille Albers: Sentences about acorns, weather (2010)
Primary participants: Lucille Albers (speaker), Tamara Alexander (researcher),
Andrew Garrett (researcher),
Line Mikkelsen (researcher)
Date: October 24, 2010
Project identifier: LA-02
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[1] |
xuntápan maath. |
This acorn is heavy. |
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[2] |
máruk ivâaram! |
Go uphill! |
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[3] |
sáruk ivâaram! |
Go downhill! |
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[4] |
yuraschíshiih máruk tuvâaram. |
The horse went uphill. |
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[5] |
taay paxuntápan. |
There is lots of acorns. |
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[6] |
taay payuraschíshiih. |
There is lots of horses. |
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[7] |
púfaat paxuntápan. |
There are no acorns. |
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[8] |
tá nikyívish. |
I fell down. |
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[9] |
upívriihtih. |
They (inanimate) fall down. |
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[10] |
xuntápan upívriihtih. |
The acorns fall down. |
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[11] |
xuntápan nikítnaaktih. |
I am cracking acorns. |
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[12] |
paxuntápan chí nikitnákeesh. |
I am going to crack acorns. |
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[13] |
akâay paxuntápan ukítnaaktih? |
Who is cracking acorns? |
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[14] |
taay paxuntápan tá nikítnak. |
I cracked lots of acorns. |
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[15] |
chí nikráveesh. |
I'm gonna grind (acorns) soon. |
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[16] |
tóo spas. |
It (acorn meal) is leached free from bitterness. |
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[17] |
chí nitákireesh. |
I'm gonna leach those (acorns). |
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[18] |
akâay ikpúr utákirtih? |
Who is leaching acorn meal? |
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[19] |
nitharámpuuktih. |
I'm cooking acorn soup. |
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[20] |
misúpaah yav! |
Happy birthday! |
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[21] |
upáthriihtih. |
It's raining. |
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[22] |
tóo snur. |
It thundered. |
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[23] |
tóo snur um? |
Did it thunder? |
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[24] |
ishnúr um? |
Is it thundering? |
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[25] |
ipít mít usnúrat. |
It thundered yesterday. |
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[26] |
ipít usnúrat. |
It thundered yesterday. |
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[27] |
ipít upathríhat. |
It rained yesterday. |
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[28] |
ipít ukyútunihat. |
It snowed yesterday. |
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[29] |
áthiik îikam. |
It's cold outside. |
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[30] |
máh'iit îikam nivôonupuk. |
I went outside this morning. |
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[31] |
îikam ivôonupuk. |
You went outside. |