Florence Shaughnessy

Sentences (LA138-030) (1980)

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Text identifier: LA138-030
Speaker: Florence Shaughnessy
Primary documentation: Paul Proulx
Project transcription: Alysoun Quinby, Andrew Garrett
Audio source: LA138-030

Neekee ho'ohkemee'.
So it's getting dark.

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Kolo woychkenekw.
It looks like they (clouds) are floating by.

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Keech woychkenekw.
They (clouds) are floating by.

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Yokmokee ho t'la.
It was raining big drops all around.

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Keech t'la't'la'.
It's raining (the first big drops).

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Keech t'lahko'l.
It's spattering.

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Noohl 'o sahksah.
Then the hail comes.

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'Emkee, mocho keech 'o wey 'we-sahksah, noohl 'o tenpewe'hl, kue wee' kem 'o sahksah, 'owook koy kwesee keech 'o ro'r.
Then, when the hail stops, then it rains, then it hails again, and then early in the morning it turns to snow.

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Kolo keech t'laamok's k'ee 'wes'onah.
It's like the sky is leaking.

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Keech hoome'g kue roreer ho 'we-laayek'.
S/he gets dizzy passing through the snow.

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Keetee megenek, cho' koma hohkueme'm k'e-'yoh.
We're going to freeze, gather a lot of wood.

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Keetee sloyowo'n.
The frost is going to come.

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Kue mehl hehlkue keech 'ue nekue' kue nepuy, noohl 'o meykwele'we'y, kolo 'o meykwele'we'y k'ee 'wes'onah.
The salmon was taken ashore, then it cries, it looks like the sky is crying (because of that fine mist that came over everyone on that hill as they prayed).

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Nuemee sku'y soo lehlkemoy.
There is a very fine mist.

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Kues rohpee'hl?
Which way are the clouds moving?

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