Jessie Van Pelt

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

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Text identifier: JB-01-01
Speaker: Jessie Van Pelt
Primary documentation: Juliette Blevins
Project transcription: Justin Spence
Audio source: JB-01-01
Note: Due to low recording levels, in the online sound clips all audio levels are amplified. (Some distortion is possible.)

  1. Te-lek' 'nech-kah.
    My leg hurts.
     
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  2. Nek hlook' mehl hlke-lee'.
    I picked it up from the ground.
     
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  3. Hlook' mehl hlke-lee'.
    I picked it up from the ground.
     
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  4. Kue me-wah 'o 'oh-po'.
    The boy is choking.
     
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  5. Kue me-wah 'oh-po'.
    The boy is choking.
     
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  6. Lekw-see ne-kek'.
    I put it outside.
     
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  7. Ne-wook' kue he'-mee'.
    I saw a pigeon.
     
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  8. Kue lo-cho'm wo-nue 'o key kue kaap'.
    The frog is sitting on a leaf.
     
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  9. Ma he-gook' so Rek'-woy mech-kaa-pek'.
    I went on foot to Requa.
     
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  10. Kee-tee wo-neek roo ke-choyn.
    Soon it will be noon.
     
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  11. Kue nee-kwech kee-tee 'o 'oh-pok's.
    The grizzly bear is choking.
     
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  12. Ne-wook' kue wen-chokws 'ue-we-nook', keech 'oh-po'.
    I saw the woman coming, she was choking.
     
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  13. We-no-'os ko'l sook kee 'ne-ne-pek'.
    Give me something to eat.
     
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  14. Keet-kwo nee chee-wey-yek', ske-wok kee 'ne-ne-pek' ko'l sook.
    I'm still hungry, I still want something to eat.
     
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  15. Keet-kwo nee chee-wey-yek' kee kem ko'l sook ne-pek' hes?
    I'm still hungry, can I have something to eat again?
     
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  16. Keet-kwo nee muehl-pey'-na.
    I'm still licking my lips.
     
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  17. Nek kue hlook' kue 'yoh-hlkoych'.
    I'm going to go get wood.
     
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  18. Kue hlook' kue ho-leehl.
    I'm going to go get hazel sticks.
     
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  19. Cho' neee'-no-wo'm kue so wo-nekw.
    Look up (at the mountain).
     
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  20. Wo-nekw 'o tek-tah.
    It's sitting up there.
     
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  21. We'y kue pe-leen ple-tew.
    Here is the big finger (thumb).
     
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  22. Chmey-yaan ne-wook' kue merk.
    I saw the crane yesterday.
     
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  23. Kue koych-kwook' 'o me-guehl kue nue-neg.
    I'm going to go buy food at the store.
     
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  24. Kue koych-kwook' 'ne-nue-neg 'o kue me-guehl.
    I'm going to the store to buy my food.
     
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  25. Koych-kwook'.
    I buy (something).
     
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  26. Kue hoh-kue-mek' nerh-pery.
    I'm going to pick berries.
     
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  27. We-noo'm poy kue pyuer-ke-re'm 'o chaahl!
    Come and get out of the sand!
     
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  28. Ko-we-cho'm huen-kek-soo'm kue 'ek-so'!
    Don't open the door!
     
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  29. Ko-we-cho'm 'ek-soo'm kue 'ek-so'!
    Don't close the door!
     
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  30. Ko-we-cho'm huen-kek-soo'm!
    Don't open it!
     
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  31. Kue 'ek-so' keech huen-kek.
    the door is open
     
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  32. Kue noo-wehl-ke-nek' kue cheee-shep'.
    I'm going to gather some flowers.
     
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  33. Nek kue noo-wehl-ke-nek' kue luuehl.
    I'm going to gather some wild iris.
     
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  34. Noo-wehl-ke-nek'.
    I gather (something).
     
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  35. Kues serr-hler-per'm?
    What are you doing?
     
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  36. Keech rook'ws.
    The wind is blowing.
     
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  37. Keech wo'-nee rook'ws.
    The wind is blowing (right now).
     
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  38. Kue raak keech nue-mee plop'.
    The creek is very high.
     
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  39. Keech ho ten-pe-we'hl.
    It rained.
     
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  40. Reeek mehl ke'-ween.
    (It is) full of eels.
     
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  41. Loo-te'm.
    You throw (it) out.
     
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  42. Woop' 'o mer'-lues chee nue me'-wo-'och!
    Sucker from way out in the middle (of the water), come and get caught!
     
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  43. Ko'-lee' keech ke'm 'ne-cheeek.
    Someone stole my money.
     
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  44. Ko'-lee keech ke'm kue 'ne-cheeek.
    Someone stole my money.
     
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  45. Kue wen-chokws s'yah-hlko'm kue ch'ee-shah.
    The woman kicked the dog.
     
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  46. Mos ko'-lee' wee' 'ok'w.
    There's no one here.
     
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  47. Mos ko'-lee' wee' we'y 'ok'w.
    There's no one here.
     
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  48. Mos ko-ma 'ok'w.
    We no longer have any.
     
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  49. Kue me-wah nue-mee kee'm soo ho-'o-moh.
    The boy got very badly hurt.
     
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