Aileen Figueroa
Elicited Sentences (2001)
Writing system: no hyphens | hyphens
Display style: sentence | look-up
Text identifier: LJC-03-1-2
Speaker: Aileen Figueroa
Primary documentation: Lisa Conathan, Esther Wood
Project transcription: Herman Leung
Audio source: LJC-03-1-2
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Mos nek skewok Nuemee Chey kee 'ne-sesomenoyek'.
I don't want Very Small (name of cat) to scratch me.| Password required -
Heep'encho' sesomenoye'm.
It (cat) might scratch you.| Password required -
Mos nek skewok kee 'ne-sesomenoyek'.
I don't want to be scratched.| Password required -
Mos nek skewok kee 'we-sesomenoyek' kue cheykenee.
I don't want the baby to be scratched.| Password required -
Koweecho mehloneme'm 'ohlkuemee kee sesomenoye'm.
Don't touch because it'll scratch you.| Password required -
Mos nek skewok kee k'e-mehlonemek'.
I don't want you to touch (something).| Password required -
To's weykoo'm kue ko'l k'-oh?
Did you finish your work?| Password required -
Keech wey hes kue k'er-'er'gerp k'e-chpeyue'r?
Are you finished telling your story?| Password required -
'Ey, keech weryerch'.
Yes, that's the end of it.| Password required -
Keech weryerch' kue 'ner-'er'gerp.
My story is finished.| Password required -
Mos weyko'm 'wer-'er'gerp kue 'we-chpeyue'r.
He never finished telling his story.| Password required -
'Ochkaa 'erperyer'm chpeyue'r.
Someone's telling you a story.| Password required -
Kem 'o 'er'gerp kue pegerk kue meweemor.
The man told the old man (the story) again.| Password required -
Kwesee 'o hee' kue locho'm.
And then they told that frog (something).| Password required -
Kue pegerk hee' kue meweemor.
The man told the old man.| Password required -
Kue negeneech ... ho myah 'o hee' kue locho'm.
The mouse jumped up and told the frog (something).| Password required -
'O myaahlkep' kue pegerk 'o gee' kue meweemor.
The man jumped and told the old man (something).| Password required -
'O koo'op' kue pegerk.
The man stood up.| Password required -
'O koo'op' kue pegerk, kue meweemor he'm.
That man stood up, and the old man told him (something).| Password required -
Kues soo newoyek'?
How do I look?| Password required -
'O koo'op' kue pegerk 'o gee' kue meweemor, Kues soo newoyek'?
The man stood up and told the old man, How do I look?| Password required