Florence Shaughnessy

Sentences (LA138-047) (1980)

Writing system: no hyphens | hyphens
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Text identifier: LA138-047
Speaker: Florence Shaughnessy
Primary documentation: Paul Proulx
Project transcription: Alysoun Quinby, Andrew Garrett
Audio source: LA138-047

  1. 'Ok'w 'ner-'erkerh.
    I have a fishing rock.
     
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  2. Cho' hohkueme'm k'er-'erkerh.
    Fix up your fishing place.
     
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  3. Cho' nue 'rkerh, nek 'ner-'erkerh, keetee hoh 'ner-'erkerh.
    Go to your fishing place, my fishing place; I'm going to fix up my fishing place.
     
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  4. Now lerkerhl.
    It's coming out of joint.
     
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  5. Keech 'er'gerh.
    I open my jaws (I yawn).
     
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  6. Keech kwer'er'gerh.
    It's still opening and closing its mouth (of a freshly caught fish).
     
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  7. Yokmokee ho myah 'ue-myegah.
    It jumped around, the one that keeps jumping.
     
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  8. Wek keech 'ue-myegah.
    It keeps twitching.
     
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  9. Keech mek'woomee'.
    It's festering.
     
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  10. Kues keech ho mek'wop'?
    How far has the river risen? How high is the river?
     
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  11. Keskee cho' 'o neee'nowo'm kues keech ho mek'wop'.
    Look down by the river to see if the water is high.
     
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  12. Keech sootok'w pa'ah.
    The water is going (to a certain level).
     
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  13. Keech 'uuekse'y.
    She's just given birth.
     
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