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

  1. Ske-weech-'os!
    Put things in order!
     
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  2. Nek nue-mee key-chek.
    I'm really tired.
     
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  3. Kue won wen-chokws nue-mee skuy' ske-wee-chok'w.
    The other woman is doing housework very well.
     
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  4. Nek chpee shoo nee chyuuek'-we-nek'.
    I just sit down.
     
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  5. Yo' kem sa-'e-nee ske-wee-chok'w.
    That person sometimes does the housework too.
     
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  6. Kue won wen-chokws sa-'e-nee wo' ske-wee-chok'w kue 'o'l.
    That other woman sometimes does the housework here in the house.
     
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  7. 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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  8. Kue nahk-sey-yehl ne-kah nee-keech-yue ske-wee-chohl.
    All three of us are doing housework.
     
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  9. Ske-wee-chohl.
    They do housework.
     
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  10. Ske-wee-chok'w.
    She does housework.
     
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  11. Sloyhl-ke-tok'.
    I'm sweeping.
     
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  12. Sloyhl-ke-tok'w kem.
    She is sweeping too.
     
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  13. Kue won kem sloyhl-ke-tok'w.
    The other person is also sweeping.
     
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  14. Ske-wee-tok'.
    I'm cleaning.
     
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  15. Won kem ske-wee-to'.
    The other person is cleaning too.
     
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  16. Ke'l kem ske-wee-too'm.
    You also clean up.
     
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  17. Se-kee-too'-moh.
    We hurry.
     
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  18. Nohl-pey-yohl.
    They go to the bathroom.
     
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  19. Moy-ke'-mehl.
    They die.
     
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  20. Nee-keech-yue moy-ke'-mehl.
    They all die.
     
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  21. Chyuuek'-we-nes!
    Sit down!
     
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  22. Wee-'eeet!
    That's it!
     
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  23. Hoo-re-che-wek'.
    I'm weaving baskets.
     
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  24. Wo'-nee hoo-re-che-wek'.
    Right now I'm weaving baskets.
     
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  25. Ho-lee-mek'.
    I made baskets.
     
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  26. Skuue-we-tek' cheee-gery.
    I like huckleberries.
     
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  27. 'o kaap' me'w.
    It comes from the brush.
     
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  28. Hehl-keek me'w.
    It comes from the hills.
     
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  29. Ne-kah koh-che-woo'-moh kah-kah.
    We caught sturgeon.
     
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  30. Mos nek skuue-we-tek' kwehl.
    I don't care for it too much.
     
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  31. Ha'p-'ehl-kok' kee-tee pe-rey-yo-wok'.
    I'm forgetting lots of things, I'm getting old.
     
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  32. 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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  33. Mos pegpe-goh 'yoh-hlkoych'.
    He doesn't split wood.
     
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  34. Mos pegpe-goh mehl 'yoh-hlkoych'.
    He doesn't split wood.
     
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  35. Mos ko'l sook mehl skuye'n.
    He's not good for anything.
     
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  36. Mos skuye'n mehl ko'l sook.
    He's not good for anything.
     
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  37. 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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  38. Keech 'ee roo kee 'we-ke-mey-ye'-mehl.
    It's time for them to go home.
     
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